Comments for MP3's for the Environment! at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 11 out of 11 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Fri, 24 May 2013 01:02:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-8284 where did you get these ipods for $60 and up please let me asap.! - Alex R. Panon Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:53:27 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-8053 Where do you get these ipods for $60 and up please let me asap. - jess Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:52:51 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-7955 I like this one ;) :)...... - Alyissa Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:24:00 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-7874 I'm wondering how do you get to by these ipods for $60's and up? - Ashley Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:14:33 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-7815 they have the new nano in pink now?? i thought it was only black, silver, green and blue. if it is in pink can you please let me know where its being sold. - rachel Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:54:58 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-4365 When they did the calculations for the "backpack" I wonder if they took into account the fact that, as far as I know, traditional CDs are recyclable. And if burned CDs are also recyclable, I wonder if that would make a difference? - Justin Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:46:33 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-1784 In trying to nail down exactly what the 'backpack' would be for the way I do things, I found that the Guardian article is not too clear on some things. I tend to burn ~10 albums to a disk, using mostly my existing collection. The article states: [quote]It based its weight for downloading on the assumption that a broadband connection was used and that the music was never burned onto a CD at a later date. If this is the case, and a slower narrowband connection is used, the backpack leaps up to a whopping 5.5kg.[/quote] The article then goes on to state that burning CDs is what accounts for the huge backpack increase. However, there's no information as to how much of this increase is in using the narrowband connection and how much is the CD burning. Even making mp3 CDs, I get a better backpack than the store. Assuming that the entire 5.5 number is CD Burning: 0.7 download + ( 5.5 / 10 Albums ) = 1.25kg total. Plus, I imagine using CDRWs (as I do) would further reduce this number the second time around. It would be nice to be able to do the exact numbers though. If an article is going to go into the numbers game, it should present the numbers completely. - Derek Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:17:32 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-1730 Is there any reason a laser disc can't be made from recycled materials? That might alter the equation when burning. Also, I use rewritable discs whenever possible, so I don't have a disc to throw out if my tastes change. Then, too, my network allows me to play media from any hard drive in the house on any machine I want to, so some of the stuff I don't consider critical isn't even backed up. (By the time I have a hard drive crash, I'm sick of it anyway. :) ) - Matt Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:30:25 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-1729 When I buy music from say iTunes or something else I do not want to have my computer turned on - so what about the mp3-player? Are they made of better or worse materials than a CD-player or a radio? How much more or less power does they need? Should one perhaps listen to internet radio with a Squeezebox plugged into the wall without flash-memory or rechargeable battery instead of listening to an iPod? Continuing Gavin's thought - a site like Jamendo with the files served P2P by Bubba-servers, which doesn't draw much power but perhaps is built from bad materials - who knows, and streamed to your local music-player would perhaps be the best solution? Very interesting blog this! Found it through someone who found Bubba through it ;) - Pelle Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:15:38 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-1728 I still buy CDs, but when I do, I buy them used. Support the local used music shop (and your neighborhood John Cusack) while practicing on of the big R's: is this Recycling or Reusing? - Courtney Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:13:02 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/479#comment-1726 Hmm... so with buying music online requiring LARGE, CENTRALISED, POWER HUNGRY servers, and Peer to Peer using PC's which would be on anyway, I wonder how much the backpack decreases? Perhaps this is eco-vindication for the millions of music pirates downloading their music for free... Do the pirates have a lower environmental impact (if they never burn their music to CD)? EcoGeek in no way endorses or condones illegal file sharing activity, comments made are not the opinions of EcoGeek, such topic is raised for scholarly debate. - Gavin D. J. Harper Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:38:49 +0100