The price of batteries is more likely to go down than up, given more
and more competition in that field. What's more, devices like the
Kindle draw very little power. As I mentioned earlier, the display is
not illuminated and no power is required to sustain it. A small amount
of power is used to turn pages.
I don't see a long term shortage of main's power either. The rush to
implement alternative sources has gained a full head of steam, with
the government subsidizing research and startups. Wind farms and solar
sources are multiplying like rabbits.
Doomsday scenarios are politically correct these days, but they're
largely hogwash.
Paul
On Mar 1, 2009, at 8:10 AM, mike wilson wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
Everything Bob Walkden said about the pleasures of books is and
will continue to be true. It's also beside the point: It won't stop
the advancement of electronic books any more than the pleasures of
film stopped digital cameras.
What will stop it is the lack of virtually free energy. When a set
of AAs cost the equivalent of £200 at today's prices, what are you
going to use them on? When your mains electricity is only on for a
few hours each day, what are you going to have working?
These are common situations for a goodly proportion of the planet at
present. As a number of extrapolations of the present world
situation indicate, there seems to be something like a 50%
possibility of them arriving in your (our) neighbourhood in the
nearish future, too. If that happens, printed material will be the
preferred choice.
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