Waste is out and green is in. Even the gadgets that we love are all going green. So the Green Guy has made a short list of some green gadgets and technology which are available now or will be in the near future.
LED light bulbs are going to replace the CFLs that are becoming popular for energy savings. LEDs last about 10 times longer and are even more environmentally friendly than CFLs. They won't be cheap at first, but neither were LED flashlights just a few years ago, and look how affordable they are now!
Solar charged batteries for cell phones, iPods and other smaller electronic stuff will be available soon. You'll be able to put them on a windowsill and let them charge up. Then plug them into your charging port and the energy will transfer to the battery inside of your electronic gadget. This device will give you free endless free energy at the one-time cost of $25.
Bamboo clad laptops are on the way. Getting rid of all that plastic on the outer cover and replacing it with bamboo is a great idea. Making plastic consumes fossil fuel and creates pollutants, while bamboo is completely sustainable and can be substituted for much more than just the covering on laptops.
Solid state computers are coming. Hard drive discs are going to be replaced by chips and cards with no moving parts. No moving parts mean less energy usage, and with that revolution, we can also say good bye to cooling fans as well. This is going to be a major breakthrough for computers, and it's on the way.
Eco watches that run off of a solar cell and not batteries have been introduced by Citizen, and others will surely follow. As far as I know, there is no such thing as a rechargeable watch battery. Every time one of the batteries goes bad, it ends up in a landfill. As we all know, batteries leach all sorts of dangerous chemicals into the soil. Battery-less watches solve this problem completely.
These are just some of the energy and green type of gadgets that we, as consumers, have to look forward to in the very near future. Stay tuned for more green gadgets and advances like this. The best is yet to come!
Source: BecauseAction.com
