One more way to reduce your carbon footprint
Wednesday Jul 23, 2008
At this moment I am packing for a 10-day business trip to California. I have lost count somewhat, I think it is trip number 14, but I'm not sure. But that is not the topic of this post, so let's not digress.
What do people take with them on a business trip (and increasingly on vacation as well)?
- laptop
- cell phone
- music player
- (photo) camera
- e-book reader
- ...
Unfortunately all these devices need juice to run, so without escaping, there is no alternative to pack all the chargers, and the travel adapters. So what have I now just realised? There is a way to cut down on the number of chargers, lower the weight of the plane, and thus lower the carbon footprint of your travel. What is it?
Buy everything from Apple :-) I am packing a MacBook Pro, iPhone and iPod, and I only need 1 charger for all of those, as my iPhone and iPod can be charged from my MacBook Pro, so that saves me the packing of 2 chargers. Actually, only 1 charger, as I don't want to risk loosing my only charger, so I pack 1 spare. I can't stand the thought of a 10 hour return flight without my iPod! Now all that Apple needs to do is bring a camera and e-book reader to the market, and we can all live with 1 charger :-)
So what do you usually pack on a (business) trip? Do you see other ways to save on our carbon footprint?
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