for my very small part the biggest upgrade i'm making as part of my Massive Home Studio Remodel this year (turning the big main living room into a dedicated synth studio with my 30 years of gear all set up) is FINALLY getting a solar photovoltaic array installed on the roof to help power it!  :-)

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From: "Florian Anwander fanwander@... [Doepfer_a100]" < Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com >
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:19 AM
Subject: Re: 1 Is the PSU3 a lot greener than PSU2

 

Hello

Am 24.02.2016 um 11:37 schrieb yahoo ctujoao@... [Doepfer_a100]:
> I am probably not the only one who worries about the carbon footprint of their modular activity in general.
If you think in ecologic terms, then the worst part of the A-100 is the
aluminum case. Followed by the all over energy waste coming with the
production (especially the mining) of copper, required for all
components and the pcbs.

I once wrote several articles about various topics on "cables" in the
studio. Within that research I had an interview with a reseacher of the
renowned eco institute in Freiburg/Germany, about the ecologic footprint
of cables. He gave a simple example that they had investigated some
years before:

It takes more energy to produce a power cable for an average home
device, than this cable will transport in its whole livecycle (the
example was a TV set, that was used one hour a day for 20 years). It is
the same with cars: it costs more energy to produce a car, than you will
ever put into driving it.

So the most ecological behaviour is: repair your car, so you can drive
it as long as possible; and: take care of your modular synth and use it
as long as possible. :-)

Florian