Mobile phones increase temperatures
Friday, August 28th, 2009I love my phone, and could not live without it. Well, I obviously could, but I do not want to!
However, when I started thinking about the environmental impact that these 11.3 x 5.5 x 13.7 cm devices have, it is quite amazing. A mobile phone itself will get hot, and emit small amounts of heat. But then there are the chargers for them, and the accessories…
But more importantly, there are the telecom switches, the huge antenna, the satellites, and the air-conditioning to keep the places cool, and on top of this there ia the various other communications equipment that is needed to get it all going. PLUS the buildings and offices for the army of engineers and support staff that keep the mobile networks going!
The impact could be massive! And China alone has close to half a BILLION mobile callers – that’s a lot of heat!