On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:41:35 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> Electronics, on the other hand, requires large amounts of energy for its
> production, and lots of exotic and usually toxic substances that are
> rare and difficult to find, and difficult to deal with once the device
> is no longer wanted.
> 
> And, uh, /which/ one of these is more sustainable?

Studies have been done that show that if you purchase "x" electronic 
books per month (I forget how many, but it was a small number, 2-3 
maybe), after a year of using the same device, you've become more 
sustainable than dead tree books.

Jim

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