Would You Pay More For "Cleaner' PCs?

A study by Ipsos-Mori for Greenpeace reveals more PC users want greener, environment friendly computers, even if it they have to pay £108 ($197) extra for it. An average PC requires chemicals and fossil fuels, more than 10 times the weight of the machine but ones with fewer chemicals cost more. As an initiative, Dell computers has promised to eliminate the use of all brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in its products by 2009.Other firms including Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have made similar commitment to get more environment friendly in the near future. The study also found that the short life and growing use of computer equipment is leading to a mountain of toxic waste, mainly in India and China. With an alarming 30 million PCs being dumped every year in the US itself, people have now started to become more aware that the problem might soon choke the earth. According to the survey, Thailand seems to be the most environment friendly nation, with 74% of its citizens willing to pay more for cleaner systems, followed closely by China, Mexico, Britain and Philippines. While India was no where on the environment friendly list, Motorola was named as one of the few firms that refused to commit to the cause.