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Old 01-17-2012, 08:25 AM   #24
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But what about the CO2 cost of the production and transport of the book? The tree that's used to make the paper may be "carbon neutral", but the rest of the process isn't.
That's pretty much what the 8.85 pounds of CO_2 includes, so it's a couple of ounces of carbon bound up in the book itself, and many times that released into the atmosphere.

That's why ebook readers are a benison to the environment.
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