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Originally Posted by doctorow
I remember reading a paper that says the negative ecological impact of e-book readers is greater than that of producing p-books.
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That saying is biased !
I live in Quebec where 90% of trees are cut for paper, you should see what little we have left, mainly 100 feet around law protected waterways. Up north 300 year old trees are 10" across only, don't count on regrowth.
Don't forget that for books bleaching of fibers with toxic chemicals is necessary, that pollutes enormously, actually killing rivers. I used to live next to one, you would'nt believe the stench. :hanged:
I am a book collector, I have about 3000 about a ton of paper, and all set in a 20' library that had to be built of wood, all of which could fit on a 2gb SD card.
