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Originally Posted by webroot
but luxury of physical books comes at the expense of cutting trees,
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Trees are used, because the best plant for paper production is illegal to grow in 40+ states of the United States, and in those states where it is legal to grow, legal production is extremely limited.
I read about one guy that was going to start growing it, until he discovered that his little back forty, was going to produce a larger crop than the state allowed. Its pretty bad when a dirt-poor, washed-up ex-farmer owns more land, than the state allows for the crop to be grown on.