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Originally Posted by carpetmojo
Sorry to be boring, but I do get turned off by the "dead tree" phrase.
I am a bit of an environmentalist, admittedly, but I should think the construction, production, distribution, decommissioning and use of ereaders, does far more harm to the planet than making paper/phys books - especially if the timber comes from "sustainable"/replanted forests.
Sits back and waits for brickbats.........  |
The circuit boards of ereaders (which will be in use for a decade each, more if the batteries are replacable) will be recycled for the rare earth elements.
The planet recycles everything, not just organics.
It also is not alive, and it doesn't matter either way, unless you have made the planet your quasi-religion. I am pretty immune to the whole green religion maswuerading transparently as science, so I have no problem mocking them.
The Dead Tree thing was designed to out the enviroreligionists.