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Originally Posted by Cthulhu
Has this issue been addressed in other threads:
As cool as e-ink is, and clunky and heavy as paper books & posters are,
Books are pulped trees that can, to an extent, be re-used and their base material (trees) can be replenished.
From what I understand, most poylmers are some form of plastic, made from fossilised plant and animal remains long ago, with little to no way to replenish.
For all the tauting of not cutting down trees, is it such a good idea to use so much oil?
I'm not opposed to progress, do not think that oil companies are 'evil, &tc, but I simply wonder about the viability of the technology. Will concede that commercial printing these days propably involves all manner of nasty, toxic chemicals.
Just wanted to play devil's advocate.
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Plastics are evolving. Some may come from bioforms. But it is true that 95% are oil originated. The cheapest, easyest is best for corporate thinking. There is a new way of making petrol. You read right making. They submit organic material to extreme pressures for as little as 24hours and harvest pure sweet crude. Potential high scale application is not profitable for now but in the works.