Generally agree but also consider power usage. Of course it also depends how often its powered on or not. If its used a lot then buying newer hardware may well be cheaper just in the energy saved, though if its off most of the time then its less of a concern.
fading_person@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
From a personal finance perspective, you need to consider the price of the new machine and the difference in the energy bill for the average time you would still be using your current machine until it doesn’t work anymore.
From a sustainability perspective, you also need to consider the manufacturing impacts of the new machine in all the production chain and the energy used in that process (this is a concept called emergy). Maybe also the disposal process of the current one, if that’s the case.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Energy to produce should already be represented in the price. Though pollution probably won’t be.
fading_person@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
It should, but when production is outsourced to different countries, with different regulations and with different currencies things get messy. Even worse when there’s corruption involved along the chain.