New report finds 1.8 tons of material are used to manufacture desktop PC and monitor

Published on: March 8th, 2004
Modified on: July 23rd, 2006
According to the study, the manufacturing of one desktop computer and 17-inch CRT (cathode ray tube) monitor requires at least 240 kilograms of fossil fuels, 22 kilograms of chemicals and 1,500 kilograms of water. In terms of weight, the total amount of materials used is about equal to that of a mid-size car. here
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