>Why don't you go to a beach and scoop up some oil from the BP spill?
If it was trivial, why not? If you told him "don't buy any GPUs" then it would make sense. But either way he will be using some "oil" (GPU) in this case so I don't see why he should waste perfectly good "oil." I suppose you would rather leave the oil in the ocean?
I have never understood this argument. How much environmental damage is done by the mere creation of all television shows cumulatively, the creation of plastic tat given away at conventions, plastic wrapping at grocery stores?
But graphics cards are what we REALLY need to focus on and you better believe you are tuning in for the next big show. It's almost manufactured.
Let them clean up their environmental disaster.