研究顯示 手機對環境最具殺傷力大綱

Data centers and Smartphones will be the most damaging information and communications technologies to the environment by 2040, according to new research from Canadian reseacher Lotfi Belkhir.
根據加拿大研究人員盧特菲·貝爾希爾的最新研究，到2040年，數據中心和智能手機將是對環境最具破壞力的信息和通信技術（ICT）。

Belkhir says, "ICT will account for as much as 14% for the total global footprint by 2040."
貝爾希爾表示：“到2040年，ICT將佔到全球碳足跡總量的14%。”

Among all the devices, trends suggest that by 2020, the most damaging devices to the environment are smartphones.
趨勢表明，到2020年，智能手機將是所有設備中對環境危害最大的。

While smartphones consume little energy to operate, 85% of their emissions impact comes from production.
智能手機雖然運行能耗少, 但其85%的排放都來自於生產環節。

A smartphone's chip and motherboard require the most amount of energy to produce as they are made up of precious metals that are mined at a high cost.
生產智能手機的芯片和主板最耗能，因爲它們由稀有金屬製成，開採這些金屬需要付出高昂代價。

Smartphones also have a short life, which drives further production of new models and an extraordinary amount of waste.
智能手機的壽命也很短，這推動了新機型的進一步生產並製造了海量垃圾。

With his latest research, Belkhir hopes to help students in his Total Sustainability and Management course expand their worldview.
在他的最新研究中，貝爾希爾希望能夠幫助學生們在他的《全面可持續發展和管理》課程中擴展他們的世界觀。

"When they start the course, many students don't know what sustainability means. When the course ends their worldview has changed and they realize what they want to do and why they want to do it."
“當他們開始上課的時候，很多學生都不知道可持續發展意味着什麼。當課程結束時，他們的世界觀發生了變化，他們意識到自己想做什麼，爲什麼想做。”