Image by Instead of buying movies and cds from teh shops with all their packaging, download them from the internet. It is generally cheaper, and you can still respect the copyright of artists if you buy them from legitimate sources.
Instead of buying movies and cds from teh shops with all their packaging, download them from the internet. It is generally cheaper, and you can still respect the copyright of artists if you buy them from legitimate sources.
Hi Robb.
If others, like me, think that you have no moral obligation to respect the money-making activities of major corporations, then there are heaps of ways of accessing material on the internet.
MP3 players are another compact way of moving music around.
As for making my own music, well, let's just say, paying a dollar for a song on iTunes is better than listening to me...
in September 2008
A million DVDs takes up far less than a single shipping container, the packaging takes more, but we're still talking about relatively small volumes compared to the huge amounts of waste that gets generated by making a movie.
By downloading the movie you're still supporting most of the waste.
You make a far better impression on the world by being vareful about what companies & movies you support.
Even downloading is not "green". According to Sun (http://www.celsias.com/org/sun-microsystems/) there are a billion people people participating online using 100 billion kWh or electricity.... or 100kWh per online person per year. That's quite a footprint.
in October 2008
OK Charles, you're probably right in what you say, but two comments: First, shipping container has to be moved around the world and that takes energy - substantially more than downloading a movie.
Second, people are not going to stop watching movies or listening to music. So let's encourage them to access it in way that is more energy efficient.
I do agree that it is important to support and encourage companies, bands, etc that use less energy. Any suggestions on how we can do this?
in November 2008
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