I think it’s fair to say that each company is attempting to do this today. There has been a tremendous increase in green marketing, messaging and product offerings. My first reaction was that perhaps the individual that asked the question was simply out of the loop or unaware of the marketing efforts underway. However, upon further reflection I realized that she was probably right. To test this thought, I turned to the expert - my wife. My wife is an extremely bright, highly energetic “soccer mom” constantly running here and there with 10 things to do and 4 children in tow. How she does it is worthy of a blog of her own!
The question I posed to her was: “If you were going to buy a green PC, what would you look for?” The look I got was a puzzled, blank stare as if I had just asked her to spend all weekend watching NFL playoff games (I did squeeze in one or two). I followed this question up with another: “If you were going to buy a green car, what would you look for?” At this question, her countenance changed and we were on the same page again, to which she replied: “Good gas mileage, probably a hybrid.”
I had my answer. Despite all the discussion across the IT industry, supply chain and within the environmental community, the average person is still very confused when it comes to green IT, green PCs, and related topics. I recently penned a short article for www.greenercomputing.com where I attempted to lay out a few of the more important environmental attributes that one should consider as well as a few tools available for selecting a green product. The article is certainly not the solution, but hopefully a small step in the right direction. As always, I welcome your thoughts on this topic and what we could do as Intel, or as an industry, to improve.
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