[connect-wg] New on RIPE Labs: You’ve Got the Power: Sustainable Procurement and the RIPE Community

Good points Michael, and that is also why I argue
<https://labs.ripe.net/Members/michael_oghia/to-green-the-internet-we-need-ripe>
the RIPE community should take an explicit stance on the Right to Repair.

Best,
-Michael


On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 3:01 PM Michael Richardson <mcr at sandelman.ca> wrote:

>
> J Scott Marcus <scott at scottmarcus.com> wrote:
>     > You would probably find some useful bits in a recent study of mine
> on behalf
>     > of the European Parliament.
>
>     > J. Scott Marcus (2020), “Promoting product longevity: How can the EU
> product
>     > safety and compliance framework help promote product durability and
> tackle
>     > planned obsolescence, foster the production of more sustainable
> products, and
>     > achieve more transparent supply chains for consumers?”, study for
> the IMCO
>     > Committee of the European Parliament.
>     >
> https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/648767/IPOL_STU(2020)648767_EN.pdf
>
> For the rest who did not read it yet:
>
> "Some users always want to have the latest technology, but there is good
> reason to believe that a great manyof these mobile devices are replaced (1)
> because the battery has died, and cannot be replaced by the user; or (2)
> because the screen has cracked, and cannot be replaced by the user, or (3)
> because the manufacturer no longer is willing or able to support the
> software. "
>
> with the caution that:
>
> "These same considerations hint at reasons why any prolongation of product
> lifetime for passenger vehicles – a potential initiative which,
> interestingly, is not visible in the Circular Economy Action Plan – might
> prove to be counter-productive at this particular point in time. Any
> prolongation of the lifetime of existing vehicles risks a slight delay in
> the
> take-up of new electric vehicles and self-driving vehicles, thus potential
> delaying a technology evolution that produces benefits of its own. "
>
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