Doepfer

Thanks for all the answers. 

I completely side with what florian said: to be able to offset the carbon footprint of goods assembled with parts coming from all over the planet is kind of mission impossible. So, let's buy things once and buy durable things. My car is now 17 years old, and still drives absolutely fine - it’s a bit of an ecosystem inside, but who cares it still gets me from A to B when required. 

As for module production… I blame myself when I switch on the modular, and think about the energy and minerals it required to come into life. That’s the price of western civilisation custom made entertainment.  
And for the PSU3: I only had a look at it because it’s go 5V. I might just go for the 5V adaptor for my PSU2 anyway. 

Another though, totally outside this group intended subject, is to the solar panels: it must be a while before you manage to offset the carbon footprint of their production (getting the Si crystals, the doping, the plasma slicing, etc…). 

Blabbering, Stop!! 

Thanks again for all the details. 


> On 24 Feb 2016, at 17:49, christian ienni ienni23@yahoo.com [Doepfer_a100] <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> for my very small part the biggest upgrade i'm making as part of my Massive Home Studio Remodel this year (turning the big main living room into a dedicated synth studio with my 30 years of gear all set up) is FINALLY getting a solar photovoltaic array installed on the roof to help power it!  :-)
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> From: "Florian Anwander fanwander@mnet-online.de <mailto:fanwander@mnet-online.de> [Doepfer_a100]" <Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com>>
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] Is the PSU3 a lot greener than PSU2?
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> Hello
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> Am 24.02.2016 um 11:37 schrieb yahoo ctujoao@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:ctujoao@yahoo.co.uk> [Doepfer_a100]:
> > I am probably not the only one who worries about the carbon footprint of their modular activity in general.
> If you think in ecologic terms, then the worst part of the A-100 is the 
> aluminum case. Followed by the all over energy waste coming with the 
> production (especially the mining) of copper, required for all 
> components and the pcbs.
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> I once wrote several articles about various topics on "cables" in the 
> studio. Within that research I had an interview with a reseacher of the 
> renowned eco institute in Freiburg/Germany, about the ecologic footprint 
> of cables. He gave a simple example that they had investigated some 
> years before:
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> It takes more energy to produce a power cable for an average home 
> device, than this cable will transport in its whole livecycle (the 
> example was a TV set, that was used one hour a day for 20 years). It is 
> the same with cars: it costs more energy to produce a car, than you will 
> ever put into driving it.
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> So the most ecological behaviour is: repair your car, so you can drive 
> it as long as possible; and: take care of your modular synth and use it 
> as long as possible. :-)
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> Florian
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