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alex_d · 04-15-2007, 08:23 AM

I don't know about Quebec, but here in America books are printed on farmed trees. Saying books destroy trees is like saying bread destroys wheat.

So yeah, I'd bet ebooks are worse.

On a side note, recycling paper leaves more chemical pollution than making new paper. Also, wth is up with people loathing to throw paper into a landfill or worrying that it won't decompose (or wanting to use paper over plastic because it'll decompose)? When it doesn't decompose, it's carbon sequestering! Landfills also have lots of capacity and live quite nicely when they're full and covered over with greenery. (And that's where the chemical byproducts should also end up, not in a river.)

04-15-2007, 08:23 AM	#12
alex_d Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 187 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony Reader	I don't know about Quebec, but here in America books are printed on farmed trees. Saying books destroy trees is like saying bread destroys wheat. So yeah, I'd bet ebooks are worse. On a side note, recycling paper leaves more chemical pollution than making new paper. Also, wth is up with people loathing to throw paper into a landfill or worrying that it won't decompose (or wanting to use paper over plastic because it'll decompose)? When it doesn't decompose, it's carbon sequestering! Landfills also have lots of capacity and live quite nicely when they're full and covered over with greenery. (And that's where the chemical byproducts should also end up, not in a river.) Last edited by alex_d; 04-15-2007 at 08:26 AM.