

Apple's latest green plans  (Source:










Greenpeace has showed appreciation for Apple's announcement today.


Source: Bloomberg

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RE: Yeah...but
By kleinma on 5/18/2012 11:25:27 AM , Rating: 2
Let me know when they go carbon neutral like Microsoft...

RE: Yeah...but
By Flunk on 5/18/2012 12:47:21 PM , Rating: 3
Come come, it's a lot easier to do that when you only produce software than it is if you manufacture goods, any goods actually.

RE: Yeah...but
By WalksTheWalk on 5/18/2012 12:55:02 PM , Rating: 2
Apples does produce tangible goods too: Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc.

Because Apple does produces good, their green footprint should encompass all of the partners in their supply chain that produce their products. Given everything involved, I doubt they are green.

I'm not saying they shouldn't try to be greener. They can spend their money however they see fit, as long as they're not using tax money to or carbon mandates to subsidize this type of activity in any way.

RE: Yeah...but
*face palm* He was obviously talking about Microsoft.


RE: Yeah...but
You're right!

** Double Facepalm **

RE: Yeah...but
By kleinma on 5/18/2012 1:38:17 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah I totally forgot Microsoft does not make any keyboards, mice, webcams, game pads, headsets, laptop cooling pads, xbox, kinect. Nope. No hardware at all for those guys.

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RE: Yeah...but
By Reclaimer77 on 5/20/2012 9:29:28 PM , Rating: 1
Apple doesn't manufacture goods. They pay other people to manufacture the goods for them and slap an Apple logo on it.

The first thing Jobs did when he took back the reigns at Apple was to end ALL philanthropy. Philanthropy wastes money, money they couldn't afford to lose.

"Green" Data Centers is just another form of philanthropy and capital wasting. Apple is trying to buy charity by "going green". This is nothing but a PR stunt, a very expensive one at that.

