It would be very much Apple move to take something that wastes enormous amount of energy (given the number of people who have iPhones) and claim it is eco-friendly.
(1): I looked on Wikipedia for 30 seconds
Doubling that power use if everyone switched to low quality wireless charging (50%) would require another 5 gigawatts, or a few thousand more wind turbines.
Bigger than I thought in a worst case scenario, but still not too bad.
Especially if wireless charging prevents premature replacement by reducing port failure, as the embodied energy is estimated to to be the majority of the energy involved in the lifecycle of a smartphone.
Interesting. I wasn't aware this was a common problem? It's not something I'm used to hearing about as an Android user.
I'd be more interested in whether Magsafe or USB-C wears the battery out sooner.
Not huge amount of energy, but not negligible either.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agua_Caliente_Solar_Project
edit: I see someone else did the math as well.
That works out to $2 per iPhone to build power plants to charge the iphone every day for it's an entire life. Not bad for a device that costs hundreds of dollars.