I hate all this wireless shit I don’t want to charge anything ever and I fucking love wires
Several months ago I was in a meeting with our Apple account rep talking about various things and one of the questions we asked him was about whether we were able to order wired keyboards & mice (specifically for large orders like entire computer labs) because wireless is a logistical nightmare for shared computing resources that get used by hundreds of people a day. And he was genuinely baffled why we would ask about this.
For those unfamiliar with the Apple Magic Mouse, this is how it charges:
Please please please if you must buy a new electronic, buy a plug in version if possible. Not only are they more powerful when you can plug them in, they are usually more dependable and last longer, since there’s no battery to overcharge and fry.
In a more general, society-wide, view that doesn’t focus on individual consumer choices, it’s good to program “If it runs on batteries, it isn’t sustainable” into your brain, community and environmental activism.
Batteries rely on finite minerals and mining them is very bad for the environment, particularly for land that communities near the mines have to live on, but also for the larger ecosystem. So things like electric cars are not the cool sustainable answer people think they are. A smart inventor may come along, but where we are now, ‘green’ batteries do not exist.
I also wanna be clear that we will always need some batteries, because some people need an electric wheelchair or a pacemaker etc. and sacrificing the lives of disabled people and people with heart conditions is not an option we’re ever considering (and if you are: unfollow me, block me, consider not existing). But that is different from the limitless expansion of battery run devices we see today.
We will also need less electronics in general because microchips also rely on finite supplies of minerals
and mining them is very bad for the environment, but that problem is less extreme than the battery problem is about to get due to the rise of electric cars. But it’s good to keep it in mind.
Aluminum-ion battery technology is starting to make a lot of headway, but it’s not clear how long before it can completely eclipse lithium-ion batteries in every way that matters. And I fully expect the people who invested all that capital into lithium ion technology to fight tooth and nail to keep their system on top.
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