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If they printed the mail in the end anyway, that still required paper. I'm guessing they sourced the paper locally.
by RenRav 7y ago
If they printed the mail in the end anyway, that still required paper. I'm guessing they sourced the paper locally.
- KenoFischer 7y agoI was confused by this also, especially since it seems unlikely to be able to locally procure paper in the middle of a warzone. However I do think it probably.makes logistical sense since you can pre-stock the paper (e.g. on a ship) or ship it with a much higher-latency mode of transportation (e.g. ocean freight).
- Aloha 7y agoThe paper could be sent in bulk from wherever it could be sourced from, including non belligerent countries, it also could be shipped in large rolls instead of harder to handle mail bags, it also reduced the need for inbound sorting too.
- Double_a_92 7y agoThe point was not to save paper, it was to avoid sending all that paper back to the US.