http://mikeenglish.net/blog/2010/05/28/eco-friendly-ereaders/ passing thoughts of a professional problem solver Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mikeenglish.net/blog/2010/05/28/eco-friendly-ereaders/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Mark V Sat, 29 May 2010 01:15:03 +0000 http://mikeenglish.net/blog/?p=199#comment-83 I like this post a lot. The biodegradability of print media is overlooked a great deal, especially versus the engineered expiration of electronics. The advantages boasted by devices like the Kindle seem to be short term ones for the most part. I like this post a lot. The biodegradability of print media is overlooked a great deal, especially versus the engineered expiration of electronics. The advantages boasted by devices like the Kindle seem to be short term ones for the most part.

]]> http://mikeenglish.net/blog/2010/05/28/eco-friendly-ereaders/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Paul Martin Fri, 28 May 2010 19:37:04 +0000 http://mikeenglish.net/blog/?p=199#comment-82 Those are very valid arguments. Having worked at a library I've seen archives of books there that are well over 100 years old, but those books were covered in an odd orange colored dust that you didn't want to breathe. We had to move huge shelves of them to make room for more books (and they were huge), so we had lab coats, goggles, dust masks and gloves. But then I've also seen books that didn't have that odd effect. Those are very valid arguments. Having worked at a library I've seen archives of books there that are well over 100 years old, but those books were covered in an odd orange colored dust that you didn't want to breathe. We had to move huge shelves of them to make room for more books (and they were huge), so we had lab coats, goggles, dust masks and gloves. But then I've also seen books that didn't have that odd effect.

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