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Re:The environmental impact of technology devices is getting... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @10:21AM (#17030033)
How's that going for us so far? Its a hard sell, convincing people to change their behavior now (pointlessly; in fact to the detriment of the ecology short-term) for some theoretical good later.
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Re:The environmental impact of technology devices is getting... by jdietrich on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @11:25AM (#17030540)
The Ford F-150 is the biggest selling vehicle in the US. Ford haven't even tried to sell it in Europe, because there's no demand. They do sell the Ka, a model even smaller than the Fiesta that isn't available in the US.

Ten years ago, the market for grass-fed beef and organic vegetables was negligible. Consumer demand induced the agricultural industry to start shifting towards production techniques with a lower environmental impact.

Consumer demand matters.

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