About the thread. Yes it has been discussed before and I have, again, to play devil's advocate.
There is only a rare person on this site that still has his/her original reader for long. Some people here, for many different reasons, are already on their third device. How many books per device will that make?
We must also remember that those devices being basically computers, have a high imbedded energy signature, meaning the amount of energy necessary to fabricate.
What about the toxicity of its components? Mercury, lead, lithium and what else? All those materials are bought from distributors outside America in quasi third world economies with disreputable mining processes. We know such mining operating processes spoil forests and waterways but it's somewhere else right?
Those lithium batteries will have to be replaced won't they? Will they really be recycled?
At the other end paper is recyclable and organic, it will return safely to earth if disposed of properly. It's compostable.
I still prefer my reader though, as I'm reminded every time I have to read one of those heavy bricks and that I naturally depress the absent button thinking the page will turn.
