Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers do, too. What's the more sustainable option? The answer isn't straightforward.
Books take a lot of resources to make. Digital readers do, too. What's the more sustainable option? The answer isn't straightforward.
Seriously mate, what the absolute fuck?
Who gives a shit? We have companies right now that burn more energy in a minute than I could in an entire lifetime.
Wrong question to be answering.
“‘This means that I've got to read about 36 small paperback books-worth on it before you break even,’ he said.” Then it would definitely be the better choice for someone who reads a lit (me), but probabli not for tge average person.
How many people need to switch to sustainable reading to offset one private jet?
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Any plans on issuing a correction for the incredibly wrong statement that "book publishing is the 3rd largest GHG emitter"? You left out THIS detail, which is in the WordsRated article your own article links to. it's the 3rd largest GHG emitter IN ITS INDUSTRY SECTOR (pulp & paper)
![Excerpt from a WordsRated dot com article, Impact of Book Publishing On Environment. Feb. 22, 2023 by Dean Talbot.
- For the US alone, the publishing industry uses around 32 million trees in order to produce books each year.
- Globally, the production process itself emits more than 40 million metric tons of CO2.
-When it comes to pulp and paper [i've highlighted that in yellow], book publishing is the third-largest industrial greenhouse gas emitter.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:zeytbxgl4t3fll3efksmbj7v/bafkreigbqwqonnwfvougva45oso7ci7tcjq6ze3sexnvysuadt4pdtqifm@jpeg)
What’s better for the environment books or private planes?
*loudest, deepest, longest, wettest fart noise*