Want to know the carbon emissions for your Mac? [2]
Part of the solution to climate change lies in companies being transparent when it comes to reporting their greenhouse gas emissions and Apple is a great example of how to do this right.
Apple has released its 2008 environmental report [7] and here's a handy list I've pulled together from their report on the total greenhouse emissions for each model of Mac computer, the iPhone and the iPod: (I've listed them from best to worst)
iPod Nano: total greenhouse gas emissions for the entire lifecyle of a single iPod Nano is 15 kg CO22e (CO2 equivalent) [8]. To give you an idea of how much greenhouse gas that actually is, burning a gallon of gasoline in your car produces about 11 kg C02 [9]2e.
Here's the entire environmental report on the iPod Nano (pdf). [10]
Here's the entire environmental report on the iPod Touch (pdf). [11]
Here's the entire environmental report on the iPhone 3G (pdf). [12]
Here's the entire environmental report on the MacBook Air (pdf). [13]
Here's the entire environmental report on the MacBook (pdf). [14]
Here's the entire environmental report on the MacBook Pro (pdf). [15]
Here's the entire environmental report on the 20-inch iMac (pdf). [16]
Here's the entire environmental report on the 24-inch iMac (pdf). [17]
This is all very fine and good and as I mentioned at the outset, it is important that companies are open and transparent about their carbon emissions, but as Rob Knox points out, as have many others, Apple still has a long way to go [18] before they could be considered friendly to the environment.
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