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Impacts of Technology on the Environment, e-waste-management, The Cloud…
Impacts of Technology on the Environment
Negatives
The Cloud
Data centres across the world
e.g. Netflix uses it to store movies and series
Huge amount of electricity, generated from fossil fuel power stations.
Needs water for cooling - water stress
Use of Raw Materials
Elements used in electronic devices
Lithium needed for lithium-ion batteries for transport/devices
Needs lots of water for extraction = Poisoned water sources + soil degradation.
E-Waste
e.g. Smart Phones and Copper Wires
Burning = CO2
Smart phones end up in landfill = pollution of eco-systems
Trucks blow up dust, conflict between regions, water shortages
Definition: unwanted or disused electronic item
can be transported e.g. Ghana
Positives
Robot Reycling
e.g. Apple increasing e-waste recycling in factories.
-Reduces raw materials.
-Minimises E-waste
Liam – a robot that can disassemble used iPhones every 11 seconds.
He has 29 arms – contradicting old methods like the shredder.
Tech in Farming
e.g. Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Used for farming crops
Avoids over planting/fertilising fields - reduces waste.
Identifies nutrient rich soil, more effective.
Reduce fertilisers contaminating water sources.
Climate modelling
Uses data to predict future weather patterns
e.g. NASA using satalite images
creates climate models
Prevents factors that contribute to climate change + possible natural disasters e.g. hurricanes.
