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Hi-Tech vs Low-Tech

Jaymi Heimbuch wrote an interesting piece for Treehugger.com entitled 7 Overrated Technologies and Their Underrated Low-Tech Alternatives. The seven examples given:

  1. eBooks vs The library
  2. Home Energy Monitors vs Unplugging Stuff
  3. Hybrid Cars vs Bikes
  4. Composing Machines vs A Pile in the Corner of the Yard
  5. Recycling vs Precycling
  6. PC Power Saving Software and Equipment vs PC’s Existing Power Preferences
  7. LEDs and CFLs vs Using Lights Sparingly