A fantastic sustainability repost from the NY Times about which is worse, a classic paper book or a new eReader, like Apple's iPad. They used the 5 important below environmental steps to analyze the new inventions versus the traditional paper.
1. Materials
2. Manufacturing
3. Transportation
4. Reading Energy
5. Disposal
I will be fighting for all products created to have report comparisons like this in all sectors where we feel we are modernizing and making life better for the planet!
"Read" the full article online
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/04/opinion/04opchart.html
What computer or e-Reader did you use to read it?
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