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Despite being an amazing parody, the irony is that the bookbook is made out of paper — if it was actually digital instead, that'd be a whole lot of trees not ge
by sarreph 12y ago
Despite being an amazing parody, the irony is that the bookbook is made out of paper — if it was actually digital instead, that'd be a whole lot of trees not getting destroyed...
- randomsearch 12y ago> that'd be a whole lot of trees not getting destroyed... Is there evidence that ebooks are better for the environment? The cost of manufacturing and delivering the reader, which may be replaced quite frequently, and the costs of cloud-based delivery make it non-obvious to me. Maybe ebooks save paper, but have a higher carbon cost?
- walterbell 12y agoPaper can be made from renewable hemp instead of forests, http://www.mastersoflinen.com/eng/histoire http://www.mastersoflinen.com/eng/histoire "Perfected by Tsai Lung for the Chinese emperor between 62 and 117 A.D., the technique of making paper with hemp was discovered in the Western world after the Battle of Samarkand (751 A.D). In 1456 Gutenberg printed a Bible on hemp paper, the United States’ Declaration of Independence was also written on hemp paper in 1776."
- pdx 12y agoI agree. Paper should be made from something like hemp, which can be replanted and harvested again later. Enough of this tree paper. http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/newfmc/product_examples/forestlearn/forests/reforc.htm http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/newfmc/product_examples/forestle...
- dragonwriter 12y ago> Paper can be made from renewable hemp instead of forests Hemp may have a greater sustainable yield per acre (or some other constraint) than other fiber sources for paper [1], but forests are quite obviously also renewable. [1] I'm not saying it does, just granting that this is possible as I haven't looked into it.
- walterbell 12y agoYes, this brochure from the wood-paper lobby notes that a tree takes 10-20 years to grow and that trees are grown specifically to make paper, http://www.tappi.org/Bookstore/Public-Outreach/Earth-Answers/How-are-Trees-Grown-for-Paper.aspx#page=1&zoom=auto,0,792 http://www.tappi.org/Bookstore/Public-Outreach/Earth-Answers... Hemp yields more pulp per acre than forests, needs less acid & chlorine (environmental impact).
- jaysonelliot 12y agoTrees are a renewable resource. Saying that books destroy trees is like saying that hamburgers destroy cows. We farm them specifically for the purpose of using them. If there were no books, we'd have less trees, not more.
- jusben1369 12y agoWell hamburgers do destroy cows. It's just that they're a renewable resource vs a finite one.
- jwess 12y agoHow are cows any more or less renewable than trees?
- jusben1369 12y agoThey are not. It's just that it IS accurate to say paper destroys trees and hamburgers destroys cows.
- duck 12y agoNot eating hamburgers (plus not consuming the other parts of cows, namely leather) would destroy cows as well.
- eastbayjake 12y agoThe United States is one of the few countries in the world that's actually reforesting -- we plant about 1000 more acres of trees each year than we cut down: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/deforestation/2000/United_States_of_America.htm http://rainforests.mongabay.com/deforestation/2000/United_St...