Thread: Seriousness eBooks: a danger to posterity?
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Old 04-16-2009, 03:21 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by Justy View Post
Not really, you can use plant matter and cotton/fabric 'sludge' to create a rough paper, it just takes time. The modern paper we use today is much nicer and faster to make because of electricity and automation though.
http://www.funsci.com/fun3_en/paper/paper.htm
Yes, yes, I'm aware of dipping a screen an a slurry of wood pulp and letting it dry. But to produce paper on the scale necessary to print a popular novel or a newspaper, or just the amount of TP that gets used daily you need electricity!
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