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Originally Posted by acidzebra
Yes, I agree. But that merely brings me back to what I was wondering all along - whether producing, distributing, and then recycling/disposing a hundred pbooks would weigh heavier on the environment than producing, distributing, and then recycling/disposing one reader device. There is a tipping point, I just don't know where it is.
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To help you realize that the tipping point is trivially in favour of ebooks, consider the following points:
1) The actual number will be significantly higher than a 100. If you used it so little that it was <= 100 you wouldn't be buying a new one every couple of years.
2) The devices are not likely to remain single function
And just to take a step back, is anyone really claiming that an economy in which information is distributed electronically is
less energy efficient than an economy in which information is physical printed and distributed by trucks?