Geologia

Tive uma simpática reunião com duas geólogas no ministério do Mar, que me tentaram convencer de alguma bondade do esburracamento.

Argumentei nesta, e noutras linhas:

This month we learned that $10bn-worth of precious metals, such as gold and platinum, are dumped in landfill every year, embedded in tens of millions of tonnes of lesser materials, in the form of electronic waste. The world’s production of e-waste is rising by 4% a year. It is driven by another outlandish norm: planned obsolescence. Our appliances are designed to break down, they are deliberately engineered not to be repaired. This is one of the reasons why the average smartphone, containing precious materials extracted at great environmental cost, lasts for between two and three years, while the average desktop printer prints for a total of five hours and four minutes before it is discarded.

Isto acima está em mais este, que vale, de Monbiot:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/21/greener-happier-world-politicians-boris-johnson-consumerism-planet

E tenho a referir que numa altura, mais uma!, em que falam tanto de mar, o ministério está sem.... cheta. Não é surrealista? Não.