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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Yes, the CO2 output of paper, after you acquire it, is very small. It is larger after you throw it away, and it either burns or is decomposed in landfill. But the bulk of CO2 output (not to mention other polluting aspects) is in the production, processing (printing), storage and transportation to your home.
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Surprisingly not in this thesis, he claims that 24% of the total CO2 combustion is during *use* of the book, having even more CO2 combustion in use than using an ereader... Which is either I have understood something totally wrong, or it is totally redicolous.