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Don't bother designing green anymore?

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Beside saving power consumption in a design, does anyone "think green" in their designs whatsoever?

Perhaps I'm in the minority, but usually making a green product comes after I've finished the concept. Then I just crowbar as much "green" in as I can into the system without jeopardizing functionality. Perhaps I should start with the goal of protecting the environment, and build around that idea.
 
Often I am stuck between deadlines and virtues. At one moment, I've been asked to explain why I am off schedule. And another moment I have to sit through a department head lecture about his latest whim to "design green," and explain why I haven't done that either.
 
A new environmental design methodology I can read about anywhere?
 
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    Whenever I hear the Tesco Argument - "Every little helps" - I know the discussion is heading to the rocks without a rudder or an anchor.

     

    Please! If we are to prevent dangerous levels of global warming, the entire human race must reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 80%. Lots of measures to cut 50% here, 30% there cannot add up to 80% overall. It's mathematically impossible. 10% of the world managing a 60% cut will not make up for the remaining 90% not managing any cuts at all. That's mathematically impossible too.

     

    "Every little helps" only if the object is achievable. If it isn't then we should say "A miss is a good as a mile."

     

    Realistically, we are not going to do it. We'll have put a lot of effort into playing at being green, and we'll built a lot of windmills, but we cannot actually do it. Why are people so obsessed with trying to do the impossible? Get real. We've screwed the planet, now we have to live with the consequences.

     

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    Whenever I hear the Tesco Argument - "Every little helps" - I know the discussion is heading to the rocks without a rudder or an anchor.

     

    Please! If we are to prevent dangerous levels of global warming, the entire human race must reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 80%. Lots of measures to cut 50% here, 30% there cannot add up to 80% overall. It's mathematically impossible. 10% of the world managing a 60% cut will not make up for the remaining 90% not managing any cuts at all. That's mathematically impossible too.

     

    "Every little helps" only if the object is achievable. If it isn't then we should say "A miss is a good as a mile."

     

    Realistically, we are not going to do it. We'll have put a lot of effort into playing at being green, and we'll built a lot of windmills, but we cannot actually do it. Why are people so obsessed with trying to do the impossible? Get real. We've screwed the planet, now we have to live with the consequences.

     

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    Interesting discussion.....

     

    I think that "going green" was a fashion, everyone jumped on the bandwagon and then the world didnt change quite as fast as everyone hoped..... Let's not forget that there is still a HUGE number of electrical applications out there that consume power the "old" way. Until that stuff is replaced, a lot of electrons will pass under the bridge.

     

    This is not to say it is not important to change, I strongly believe it is. Compared to emission levels in the 80ies, the world has become a better place. Power electronics is in all applications and a perfect place to start saving energy.

     

    it is not too late. just my two cents.....