While I pondered what living within my ecological and financial means would look like, my email provider cut me off: my 2011 computer is no longer compatible with updated infrastructure.
Is it possible to have a computer and live within my ecological means?
Honestly, I have to say No.
Do I want to continue participating in society?
I do.
I bought a refurbished 2020 computer, which my computer wizard says should last three years.
I still wonder how to decrease dependence on fossil fuels, extracted ores and international supply chains... and keep connected to the Internet.
To begin, I figure I've got to learn about computers' supply chains. So, I've revised my piece about the substances in a smartphone-- a mobile computer.
One more note. While looking for work to pay for this newer computer, I found jobs editing A.I.s' writing.
I'm not up for that.
CONSIDER SILICON
Computers depend on transistors-- tiny electronic switches that store and process information. Transistors are made from silicon, an element not found in nature in pure form. To get electronic (or solar) grade silicon, manufacturers:
1) extract pure quartz gravel, a pure carbon (like petroleum coke-- an oil byproduct) and dense wood.
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