Jonathan Schofield on Nostr: A tech thought experiment. USB-C has significant ‘improvements’ over USB-A ...
A tech thought experiment.
USB-C has significant ‘improvements’ over USB-A https://techreviewadvisor.com/usb-a-vs-usb-c/
But what if the materials and energy footprint of all the devices replaced too soon, merely to climb up the compatibility ladder, or all the USB-C to USB-A adapters used to defer that jump is greater than the energy ‘saved’?
We’ll never know cos our economics does not even look at such concerns. It doesn’t give a shit about the thermodynamics it is embedded within. But eventually it will. A lot
USB-C has significant ‘improvements’ over USB-A https://techreviewadvisor.com/usb-a-vs-usb-c/
But what if the materials and energy footprint of all the devices replaced too soon, merely to climb up the compatibility ladder, or all the USB-C to USB-A adapters used to defer that jump is greater than the energy ‘saved’?
We’ll never know cos our economics does not even look at such concerns. It doesn’t give a shit about the thermodynamics it is embedded within. But eventually it will. A lot