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Old 01-28-2014, 03:38 AM   #19
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Surely that's only true if the paper books that you would otherwise have bought would not exist as a result of you having bought the reader. Is that a valid assumption?
In the long run, sure. Just like reducing household power consumption eventually reduces the fossil fuels needed to power the network - even if on the one particular day you turn your airconditioner off, that doesn't reduce the network's coal purchases on that day.

As an overall part of an average person's environmental impact, either (ebooks vs paper books) is probably pretty minimal; but that's not really a great reason not to reduce impact where you reasonably can.
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