How much cow is there in my keyboard (percentage)?

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Request for Question Clarification by robertskelton-ga on 26 Aug 2002 14:25 PDT

Do you mean a computer keyboard or a musical keyboard?
What leads you to believe that plastic involves bovine ingredients?

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Request for Question Clarification by kyrie26-ga on 26 Aug 2002 19:58 PDT

Hi tpmeyer-ga,

What would lead you to believe that there is some cow in your
keyboard? As far as I understand, most (if not all?) plastics come
from petrochemical sources. Or am I mistaken?

Thanks,

kyrie26-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by eiffel-ga on 26 Aug 2002 23:30 PDT

Are you asking this from a vegan or "animal rights" perspective, i.e.
you wish to be sure that there were no animal byproducts used to make
the components of your keyboard?

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Clarification of Question by tpmeyer-ga on 27 Aug 2002 07:06 PDT

I mean computer keyboard, but the answer is probably about the same
for a musical keyboard.  And I'm pretty certain that bovine parts are
used in the creation of plastic, it's just a question of percentage. 
Cow parts are cheaper than petroleum.

And no, I'm not a Vegan.  It's just a matter of curiosity.

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Request for Question Clarification by actualwolf-ga on 27 Aug 2002 07:34 PDT

Could you post the brand and model number of your keyboard?

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Clarification of Question by tpmeyer-ga on 27 Aug 2002 08:51 PDT

Just pick any brand and model # you wish.  It's meant to be a generic question.

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Clarification of Question by tpmeyer-ga on 04 Sep 2002 13:54 PDT

The keyboard in question is a DELL QuietKey P/N 095FEM 
Made in Thailand

FCC ID: AQ6-7DK15

But if anyone has any info on any keyboard, I think that would
suffice.
Surely someone has to know the ingredients in a keyboard, after all it
was constructed by some known process.

Thanks,

Thomas

HOLY COW! (sorry) This is right up my alley. First we need to start
from the beginning, the grass/hay that the cow ingests. Ok, assuming
that on occasion, a few plastic bags will be blown around from
supermarkets, Walmart, The Home Depot, etc. Once in a while these bags
will be shredded and very small particles may be ingested by a cow.
Now, lets assume that the plastic is a very small (minute) size,
according to my calculator and bovine plastic ingestion guide, I would
say that .0000000000000000000000000000023% of the plastic has a chance
of entering a cows fat and/or muscle tissue. After the cow was
butchered, we need to assume that a worker at a plastic factory was
eating a corn beef sandwich. My corned beef  plastic factory guide
gives this a 1 in 5 chance, depending upon what day of the week it is.
We also need to assume that particular sandwich did indeed contain
some meat and plastic. How the guy/gal was eating over the
manufacturing process is another factor. Most, if not all factory
workers eat in a cafeteria. Where was I? Oh yeah. OK, sandwich meat
(from a cow)slips from sandwich eating guy/gal over plastic
manufacturing process. Depending on what plastics are being
manufactured, I have another guide to go by. Letsee, accelerated
rotation of the earth multiplied by the years Martha Stewart may be in
prison, plus the hydroplaning theory, alright, I'd say that there is a
.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003%
chance that a cow is in your plastic keyboard display.