Building a computer requires 1.8 tons of raw material

[Wombat]

http://thevospad.com

[Tjalfe]

Originally posted by Wombat
http://thevospad.com

I would go bonkers living with all that coloured light. I want White light, and even the White LED's have a blueish tint. Still much better than the colours they have at that apartment

[Chrono_Wanderer]

Originally posted by MultimediaMan
Wulfman: LEDs = Wave of the Future.

ya, and 1 LED last like 200 years

[Ajax]

Originally posted by MultimediaMan
I find it interesting they don't say how much "raw" material goes into making a Automobile.

Hell, even the clothes on your back and the shoes on your feet requires a LOT of resources when looked at from a raw materials standpoint.

Unless you are living in a teepee wearing buckskins and moccasins, the base technology and raw materials used to support our society is staggering.

It takes several Buffalo skins to make a teepee... How much raw material are we talking about when we consider the weight of a buffalo?

[MultimediaMan]

Originally posted by tjalfe
I would go bonkers living with all that coloured light. I want White light, and even the White LED's have a blueish tint. Still much better than the colours they have at that apartment

Gee, those colors remind of the days when I used to build plastic models...MEK, how I miss thee... (j/k) Started seeing sounds and hearing colors after too long working on a new model.

[schmosef]

Originally posted by Ajax
How much raw material are we talking about when we consider the weight of a buffalo?

And a how about the weight of all the grass it needs to eat to get big enough to be "harvested"?

[Wombat]

Look in the gallery. http://www.thevospad.com/gallery.html

See, white!

One thing about LEDs, it would be damn easy to put on a bunch, and change the color of the room according to what you turn on.

[KvHagedorn]

Wow.. that lighting looks pretty spooky.

[gt40]

yeh, I can imagine being in there for a few hours and walkin out into the real world. Your colour perception would be all out of wack.

[Wombat]

Originally posted by tjalfe
II want White light, and even the White LED's have a blueish tint.

Actually, it's probably more accurate that what you think of as white light actually has a warm tint to it.

The "white" LEDs (generally UV LEDs with a phosphoric transforming coating) are pretty nice.

[TnT]

Originally posted by schmosef
And a how about the weight of all the grass it needs to eat to get big enough to be "harvested"?

Actually that is one argument why some go vegetarian/vegan. The amount of resources required to support a cow is staggering. Lots of grass, lots of land, lots of hormones, lots of waste product that ends up in streams and rivers.

[MultimediaMan]

I won't get into how much space/energy Buffalo, Deer, Elk, Moose or Caribou need to survive: that is heading way off topic. Suffice it to say that Buffalo takes the prize. And Remember, there were once millions of Buffalo. One day there will be again, but it won't be in my lifetime.

However, one thing the Vegans often overlook is what goes into producing Vegan dietary supplements...their infrastructure requirements are very high.

Unless you're a vegan that likes the look of "death warmed over" (and some waaaaay Left Vegans) you will have to take dietary supplements to obtain some types of nutrients that an omnivorous person would otherwise take for granted.

Even "Green" vehicles (ULEVs) are absolutely horrible as far as the amount of raw materials, and energy expended to produce them. The batteries used in them are a witches' brew of toxic chemicals and heavy metals. (Back in 1992, I was working at the Phoenix International Raceway during the Electric Vehicle Race; I forget the name of it now but I think it was a 200 mile race. One of the contestant's cars had a battery internally short and explode. The Battery used Bromine as one of it's reactants...not good. Toxic Orange smoke pouring from the unit and a fire that couldn't be extinguished. It took them a week to clean up the site afterward.)

[leech]

Originally posted by MultimediaMan
Gee, those colors remind of the days when I used to build plastic models...MEK, how I miss thee... (j/k) Started seeing sounds and hearing colors after too long working on a new model.

Nothing like a wif of it in the morning!

He, that looks like it could have been Tim Leary's appartment

Leech

[KvHagedorn]

Go outside and check out what actually makes your electric meter spin.. turn on your typical lights and TV and check it, and then turn on your electric clothes dryer and look. No other normal thing sucks that much juice.

Whoops.. guess ovens do, but we have a gas oven. Also, an air conditioner or electric water heater run a lot more than the dryer, so I suppose the cumulative is much greater.

http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/consumered/heg94.htm

We use gas for our water heater, oven, and central heating.