On Fri, 4 May 2018 01:27:50 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
wrote:

On 4/5/2018 1:17 AM, nospam wrote:

The world CAN survive without mobile phones among civilians. Trust me!

it once did, but those days are long gone.

cellphones and other modern technology are an integral part of society
with numerous benefits. there's no reason to go back to more primitive
days.

No, we can go back without losing a dime. You should notice that all
these mobile phones are only being used for mobile entertainment.

Not quite right. A very large number are being used for tasks such as
reporting electric power usage from domestic and industrial
electricity meters. For that matter the same cellphone connections are
being used to turn of power to hot water cylinders at periods of peak
demand. Other cellphones are being used for the automatic monitoring
of truck and bus fleets. And so it goes.

Why do we need so many battery-powered toys? For GLOBAL pollution? Oh
well...

Neverteless I agree with your sentiment.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens