Thread: Is an ebook "green" reading, as in environmentally friendly?
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Old 08-20-2008, 11:14 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
yeah but the essential point is that the number of books per year is not 5 its 5 billion. So the marginal cost will dominate. And so yes the question is answerable with a finger flick.
On the other hand you have billions of people buying electronic devices every 2 years which are really not easy on environment to produce. No, its not answerable with a flinger flick.
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