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Post your comments for EU, US push computers, printers to be greener here

[lilmacarony]

good luck on getting the XBOX 360 to be energy efficient!
I'm on a new 13" MacBook Pro...no need to know about Energy Star stuff for my computer...Already ahead of the game.

[danviento]

... required to get the label...
Meanwhile, normal consumer couldn't care less about yet another sticker to pull off of their new toy.
Unless you're running your house off of a bank of car batteries, people really have no reason to care about whether or not their device is "state-approved."
Trying to regulate what I want in my house? The EPA and their ilk can shove it.

[iggybird]

danviento said:

Unless you're running your house off of a bank of car batteries, people really have no reason to care about whether or not their device is "state-approved."

Or you're looking for a lower energy bill, you want to help relieve strain on our antiquated electricity grid so it's upgrade/replacement doesn't become so urgent/expensive, or you're concerned about trashing the planet. Surely you find one of those reasons appealing.

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Trying to regulate what I want in my house? The EPA and their ilk can shove it.

Yeah! Let him have his lead paint, asbestos and DDT! We'll all be better off!

[AnubisIV]

From what I heard, most of this stuff won't be done by the manufacturers in order to cater to consumers. If a computer manufacturer wants to do business with the U.S. government, they're required to meet these goals or else they won't even be considered. It's small wonder that 90% of computers met the old standard, and probably just as many will meet the new one as well.

[bonesb]

The US and EU need to push the entities that de-construct PCs to be a lot greener and more responsible, and come up with a fee system that ensures some of the funds end up in the hands of the people in Asia and Africa who get to do our dirty work and live near the landfills loaded with our trash...

[mdawson]

I love it when people parrot neo-con tripe about government intervention when it more often than not (rightfully) keeps corporations in line, particularly when their products work against the public good. The job of the United States government is to act in the best interest of the People not corporations, laissez-faire economists?that have continually been proven wrong by modern history?and their self-centered supporters. Minimizing long-term damage to the environment far outweighs your egoism and ignorance.

[TimothyA]

Until we get our population growth under control, all other environmental efforts will come to naught. The first and most obvious rule of environmental preservation, but one our media and politicians seem determined to ignore, is controlling immigration and the greater and greater pressure to consume more and more resources. I used to consider myself an environmentalist, but no longer. There's too much hypocrisy in the movement.