BF2S Forums Is gaming really killing Planet Earth?

Tetrino wrote:

usmarine wrote:

Mek-Izzle wrote:

No it's not, it's crappy shitty polluting power stations from the fucking 19th Century that are. You know if the energy required for all these machines was from a clean sustainable source then there wouldn't be a problem.

We need to build more nuclear plants, imo. It's the most viable option that also does jack shit to the atmosphere and thus the least likely to further cause Climate Change.

Look at the source, the electric car is only as clean as the source that charges it up.

you kill the planet faghat.

A few buckets of reusable nuclear sludge a year won't kill the planet as quickly as ten billion cubic meters of carbon dioxide a year.

'Specially if you bury it somewhere useless.

Like the Middle East. Or Central Australia.

...so says an online news editorial. How many trees are they killing every time somebody views their content?

'Gas-guzzlers?' Thus the research into developing smaller and more efficient computers. Short of apocalypse, the industry ain't disappearing, folks.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2008-03-11 03:48:31)

I imagine the electric use other then computers is far greater then that of gaming PCs and consoles.

These twits just want to blame whatever and whoever they can.

whilst i am on here, or gaming im not out ripping up some turf in my 4x4

Yes its killing the earth, along with about 50 million other things. You know how much electricity it takes to manufacture and run the trillions of dollars of military equipment across the world? How about modern planes and cars and nuclear bomb testing from the 60's? hmm but what brings more entertainment and use to the world, weapons of mass destruction or gaming/computer equipment?

Gaming is only a tiny percentage of the huge pie of AIDS that is killing the environment. And that's why noone cares.

My parents was right, I left the door open and ended up heating the whole planet. So I guess global warming is my fault.
I'm sorry guys, Ill close the door from now on.

Aries_37 wrote:

Yes its killing the earth, along with about 50 million other things. You know how much electricity it takes to manufacture and run the trillions of dollars of military equipment across the world? How about modern planes and cars and nuclear bomb testing from the 60's? hmm but what brings more entertainment and use to the world, weapons of mass destruction or gaming/computer equipment?

Gaming is only a tiny percentage of the huge pie of AIDS that is killing the environment. And that's why noone cares.

the problem with that statement is, that if everyone thinks like that, no one will start actually doing something about it. Instead, everyone will wave some statistics saying that his particular special interest group isn't the "real" problem, and then sit back and wait for the other guys to do something about it.

The reality is, however, that we are all part of the "real" problem. Sure, some are contributing more to the problem than others, but does that mean that we should wait for them before doing anything about it ?

I'll give you an example:

Last year, I installed a photovoltaics array on the roof of my house. It's only a couple of square meters, but it still means that from now on, I'll be able to generate all of the electric energy my household consumes on my own, without having to buy additional power from the electricity company. More importantly, I can now show these bastards and their ever-rising prices the finger.

No imagine if it were manadatory that every new house built must have a photovoltaics array on the roof. Clean, renewable energy, at an affordable price for everyone. Does that sound so bad ? Only for the big power companies, I assure you.

Wake up, people. It starts on a small scale, but it can have a big impact.

you first.