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   And verily, didst Your Name  hastily babble thusly:   
   > Yeah, right. They've been saying that for decades.   
   >   
   > Even if (extremely unlikely) the iPad and clones meant an end to paper books   
   > / magazines / newspapers, you'll probably find that it causes even more   
   > trees to be chooped down to be burnt to generate electricity or something   
   > ... just like so-called "green" cars are actually no better, maybe even   
   > worse, for the environment than petrol / diesel cars are.   
      
   The thing that gets me with all the recycling crap is...   
   "Recycled paper, it's better for the environment!"   
   No   
   No, it isn't.   
   Why would it be?   
   If you grow a forest specifically to be harvested and turned into paper,   
   constantly planting new trees as mature ones are shopped down, NEW paper is   
   greener. Trees stop absorbing CO2 once they mature, all the CO2 they take up   
   goes into growth, that wood is made of CO2 and water and little else.   
      
   So new paper is a VERY good carbon sink, unless it's burned.   
      
   OK, recycle metals and plastics, but cardboard and paper... pointless.   
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