"Doing my reading electronically wastes more energy than reading my paperbacks."
With a proper eBook reader using electronic ink, a single charge lasts a month or more. You'll likely use less electricity reading a book on a Kindle than producing a book in a printing press.
And I wasn't talking about efficiency in terms of electrical use anyways, I was talking about it in terms of productivity. I can be far more productive with electronic devices than with paper.
And I really wasn't talking about ebooks anyways - I don't even own an ebook reader.
"You should be made aware that trees are a renewable resource and printed copies that last decades"
99% of what I do on paper doesn't need to last decades. It's mostly just procedure stuff that I wish would go away anyways.
"are much lighter on the environment compared to the materials for your e-reader, the power to build it, ship it, and continually use it."
Can you back this up with facts?
As far as the materials go, I plan on recycling, should I get an ebook reader.
As far as building it and shipping it goes, those are one time costs. Not to mention books have shipping costs too! You need to ship EVERY BOOK. With an ebook reader, you only need to ship the device. The books are downloaded, not shipped.
As far as using it goes, a proper ebook reader using electronic ink uses only a tiny bit of electricity.
Not to mention that I'm not talking about books and e-readers anyways. I'm talking about forms, procedures, checklists, etc. Productivity stuff.
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