They don’t need an excuse, they’ll make up whatever bullshit they need to justify whatever they were going to do anyway

Fair, you did say years though, plural, which is still unrealistic

Recycling still consumes energy which can be just as non-renewable as the energy used for making paper, and the impact of mining is far greater than hemp farming even at its worst. Try harder.

In what universe is an electronic device being handled by children going to last 20 years? Not ours

The energy can be obtained from renewable sources any time we decide to quit fucking around and make it happen, wood pulp can be replaced with hemp far more easily than that and requires less chemical treatment in the process. There are no similar options for mitigating the negative impact of mining or making our supply of those metals any bigger.

Paper is a renewable resource, rare metals used in computers aren’t, and the contents of the dictionary will be the same either way

No it fucking isn’t you gigantic dork, and of the many countless fucked up things we’re currently doing to the environment hanging a flag on a cliff wouldn’t make the top thousand

Knowing how to use a physical dictionary or do basic math in your head is absolutely still a good idea, your phone battery can die, your network connection can fail, and doing challenging things with your brain is good for your long term brain health anyway especially while it’s still developing.

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Even if that were true it wouldn’t make your opinion any less stupid, but also you’re wrong lol

Nature doesn’t care about the flag or your feelings, cry harder dipshit

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So you’re just whining for the sake of whining, cool

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You don’t have a clue what you’re talking about

Cry about it

From the original Reuters article linked in another comment

“Reuters was unable to determine how many solar power inverters and batteries they have looked at.”

“Both (sources) declined to be named”

“The two people declined to name the Chinese manufacturers of the inverters and batteries with extra communication devices, nor say how many they had found in total.”

“The existence of the rogue devices has not previously been reported. The U.S. government has not publicly acknowledged the discoveries.”

“Reuters was unable to determine how many solar power inverters and batteries they have looked at.”

“Both (sources) declined to be named”

“The two people declined to name the Chinese manufacturers of the inverters and batteries with extra communication devices, nor say how many they had found in total.”

“The existence of the rogue devices has not previously been reported. The U.S. government has not publicly acknowledged the discoveries.”

Weak, try harder