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Originally Posted by cvkemp
Most of you are missing one very important point. It saves trees.
With me knowing the pollution that making any electronics causes I will not say that they are less pollution but at least we save a few trees. I also like caring around dozens and sometime hundreds of books on a device that weighs only a few oz.
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Actually cvkemp, not reading paper books does not save trees.
Most paper is made from 5 year old trees. The paper mills replant a tree for every tree they cut down and have since at least 1984.
So they no longer clear cut forests for paper.
Yes, I have personally seen the trees for paper. Also saw the entire paper mill.
Now all these new houses are another story, they do still clear cut for lumber.
Now back to the topic,
I read ebooks and paper books.
Space and money are the reasons. Also an ereader fits in a camper better than a bunch of books.