In a message dated 2/28/2009 12:35:21 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Wow, I really had no idea that a couple of comments of mine could ignite such a firestorm of conversation! ============ This list has been kinda boring lately. So don't take it personally. Heh.
A book may cost more in energy terms to produce. But can that possibly be more than all the energy needed to produce and maintain all the infrastructure needed for e-books in perpetuity? ============ Yes. I started thinking about millions and millions of Kindle-like things all requiring charging and some being recharged quite often (for high readers). Sure the charge is small for one person, but for let's see, googling, the US population at 2008 was 303,824,640. So let's say only 200,000,000 have to recharge their reading books. Maybe daily, maybe for newspapers as well as books. Hmmm. And that's only the US. Looked at that way, running a printing press probably uses a lot less power. A LOT. ============= We humans tend to have such a narrow view of things. I cannot believe that it costs more to publish a book than it does to produce and maintain the entire internet network and all the technologies that power it. ~Nick David Wright http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ =============== Right on. Well, I was going to shut up, but you made a good point. Marnie --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************You're invited to Hollywood's biggest party: Get Oscars updates, red carpet pics and more at Moviefone. (http://movies.aol.com/oscars-academy-awards?ncid=emlcntusmovi00000001) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
