Worst of 2007: 5 Dumbest green gadgets

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Worst of 2007: 5 Dumbest green gadgets

by Patrick Metzger (Subscribe to Patrick Metzger's posts)
Dec 20th 2007 @ 8:32AM

Filed under: Gadgets and Tech, GreenTech

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Green gadget is kind of an oxymoron, because pretty much by definition a gadget is something you can do without. However, since there's no way we're voluntarily going back to those dark, desperate pre-iPod days, it's great to see companies producing cool gear that minimizes environmental impact. On the other hand, it's irritating to get the enviro-pitch for something that clearly just got hauled out of the warehouse and had a green sticker slapped on it so they could jack the price.

Following are a few items that didn't make the cut:

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12-28-2007 @ 7:09PM

Rachel said...

That's great, it's unbelievable how ridiculous some ideas are and even more ridiculous how they even got into production in the first place. I liked your first pick so much I had to nominate it as one of the "Worst Gadgets of all time" on Makefive

Link: http://www.makefive.com/categories/technology/goods/worst-gadgets-invented-all-time

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