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Originally Posted by jhowell
But I don't think that it is or ever will be an important ecological question. As I see it e-book readers are a declining niche and the number of e-books read on non-dedicated devices, such as smart phones and tablets, is likely much greater. The relative environmental impact for those multi-purpose devices is far harder to evaluate.
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I suspect that ereaders do have at least some environmental impact and since paper is a renewable resource it probably has less impact. Further, paper books make paper more valuable and that makes it worthwhile to grow more trees which is also an ecological plus. Or so it would seem.
Barry