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Originally Posted by elcreative
It's the forest myth again... guess what, the trees used to make paper are planted and grown to chopped down to make paper and then... they plant more so that they've got more to use for paper...
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Originally Posted by Enkidu of Abydos
Who exactly guarantees that ? That may be the case in some parts of the US but on the international level I don't see why money-hungry people would bother with replanting trees they cut down for paper, ...
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Two motives guarantee paper companies replenish the trees they cut down: sustainability and image.
Sustainability simply means their business needs trees to survive. It will utterly
fail if it doesn't have trees to cut down and make into paper. Since they need trees, they grow them. Trees are a crop like vegetables. They grow trees and harvest them.
Regarding image--what's the
first thing that
International Paper says on their website? They say, "
We are committed to delivering the products our customers want while ensuring responsible stewardship of natural resources today and for generations to come."
They are obviously
very concerned about how people perceive them. They don't want the public to think they are fat capitalist pigs in case they have to go to court, or the court of public opinion. Lots of companies have been burned by spurning public opinion.
But I don't buy either argument--whether e-readers or pbooks are better for the environment. Human life has an impact on the earth, but the earth is here for human life. The reason to be responsible with the environment is because it's beneficial to us. The reason to buy an e-reader is because it's convenient.