“Apple users are proportionally more eco-friendly than users of other vendors’ PCs. Moreover, they’re more willing to plunk down extra cash for ‘green’ products,” Ted Samson blogs for Infoworld.
Samson continues, “That nugget of information is one many findings in a report just released by Forrester Research titled ‘In Search Of Green Technology Consumers: Why Tech Marketers Should Target This Emerging Segment.’ Forrester surveyed computer users to determine the extent of their green leanings and what drove their environmentally conscientious practices (or lack thereof).”
“The report finds that, all told, 12 percent of U.S. adults are ‘bright green,’ which Forrester defines as those who are ‘concerned about the environment and global warming, and strongly agree that they would pay extra for consumer electronics that used less energy or came from a company that was environmentally friendly.’ Moreover, another 41 percent of U.S. adults are ‘green consumers’: those who ‘share concerns about environmental issues and global warming, but do not strongly agree that they would pay more for environmentally-friendly electronics,'” Samson reports. “The remaining 47 percent of the population ‘do not (yet) share the greens’ concerns about the environment or global warming.”
Samson reports, “Forrester found that 14 percent of Apple users are bright green.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple users, we can see; it was the ’70’s, after all. But, what about Mac users? 
SMARTER!!
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I don’t agree
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I’m not sure that I did misrepresent Bucky, you just got his exact quote and expanded on what I said.
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TT, what do you mean? Core Profits, is that some kind of pun relating to Apple? Is profit the only thing of value to you? Sustainability means nothing? I’m honestly curious.
I’m a mac user and i dont give a rats butt about the enviroment. What i say is screw eco green freaks and build more Refineries so gas can be lower.
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At the core of the free enterprise system IS profit;gain based on performance. That performance is what fuels our economy and creates sustainability.
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@ andrew
Thanks, I hadn’t read anything written by a nincompoop today.
Apple computers look green and are much greener…
just look at the imac, its just one screen. Theres no other box… talk about other pcs that use excessive amounts of material to create a computer…
@ mike_in_helsinki (and others)
This is one of the problems, that some people treat this as a _political_ issue. This is about as much a political issue as spouse abuse, homicide and lung cancer. Or proliferation of nuclear weapons. But of course some people said lung cancer was a political issue a while back too …
There is a problem, however, in that these kind of issues on MDN tend to end up as flame fests. Not sure whose the blame is though
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It’s only a political issue because one party doesn’t believe in it. Same reason evolution is an issue.
“It’s only a political issue because one party doesn’t believe in it. Same reason evolution is an issue.”
I would offer the opposite spin: One party constantly promotes new fears for the reason of gaining votes and power. Perhaps you are too young to remember the coming Ice Age.
Both parties do that, you dolt.
TT and anyone who put’s “The Market” on some kind of pedestal, Capitalism runs counter to sustainability. If it’s not regulated, it will burn itself out, like a child with too much candy. It boggles my mind how some people downplay the importance of a healthy environment. No environment, … no economy, … no life. It’s similar to how the earth revolves around the sun, the economy revolves around the environment, not the reverse. Or are you a member of a crazy version of Christianity (is that redundant?) with a mindset of “let’s use it all up before our Messiah shows up again.”? If you are, this conversation is done.
sane? I think not
“Capitalism runs counter to sustainability.”
which explains why the US burned out many years ago
Of course Al Gore is an idiot. Happy that not a single person pointed that out.
if you have a point to make, do share, cheap shots are a waste of time. American capitalism has been regulated, thank God. Things are looking kinda shaky lately though as wealth concentration is at an all time high, so I wouldn’t get too cocky.
The only things we excel at are manufacturing weapons, hollywood movies, and one company designing awesome electronics.
“Who Killed the Electric Car?“