communication technology?

Question

I need 3 examples of how communication technology has had a negative impact on the environment.

Answer 1

Well.....we have to knock down trees to put up cellphone towers.We also had to use a good number of trees to put up phone poles.There's also the fact that communications technology requires the manufacturing of LOTS of plastic.That process ain't good for the environment.Plus....this is a strecth....people talking on their cellphones while driving get in lots of accidents.When cars get banged up they leak fluids....antifreeze,oil,all that good stuff.It doesn't just magically get cleaned up.It runs to the side of the road,until the rain washes it all into your local waterway.
But communications technology saves more resources than it wastes.Think about it.Send an email.You just saved an envelope and a stamp,plus the gas it took the U.S. postal service to deliver that same message! Have you ever driven anywhere to meet someone who didn't show up? You could've saved that gasoline if you had a cellphone! I install communications services that can handle 24 phone calls with the same amount of wire that it takes to bring 2 phone lines to your house! That saves a butt-load of copper,which is very costly to dig up out of the ground!With the installation of the trans-Atlantic cable (this is old stuff I'm referring to now) we eliminated the need to send messages by boat "across the pond"!
I have a sneaking suspicion that your question is not your own,but was inspired by someone who has no love for modern communications technology.Tell them that their precious trees are safer now (atleast from the evil Telecom Demon) than they were 50 years ago!

Answer 2

1. the equpment we throw out makes a large pile of non recycle material
2. the wiring produces magnetic noises that can be harmful(eg mobile phone use causes cancer)
3. increases the demand for energy(most expensive equipment works at kwh rate per hour eg repeaters

Answer 3

somtimes they dont communicate,noise pollution,( in restruants etc.) and the waste it creates when you toss your old one