by Richard Rosenthal
I was looking for my cell phone charger today and it suddenly occurred to me that I had far too many chargers that all do the same thing. Every new cell phone, every digital camera, every portable device had a different charger. Some have a car charger as well. So why do we need all these different chargers? They all do the same thing and, for the most part, appear to be interchangeable except for the different connectors that plug into the device to be charged.
Just think of all the waste involved in this. The extra electrical garbage going into our landfills or collecting dust on our shelves. Why can't these devices be standardized like other electrical devices so we only need one, or possibly two?
Maybe its time for us to start writing letters to the government and the manufacturers to insist on a change in their approach. It could save millions of dollars and be good for the environment.
While we're at it. What about the various non-standard rechargeable batteries is laptops, digital cameras and other devices? Do they really need to all be different?
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