Comments on: Amazon sells green(ish) http://greencouple.com/2008/08/13/amazon-sells-greenish/ Learning to live green and live together Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:27:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: arduous http://greencouple.com/2008/08/13/amazon-sells-greenish/comment-page-1/#comment-1951 arduous Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:10:37 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=326#comment-1951 Yeah, I'm very torn about the Kindle. I do buy a lot of books, but I would want to see hard numbers about the energy used to make the Kindle versus energy to make a book, and how many books you would have to buy to equal the energy to make one Kindle. There are a number of advantages to the Kindle. Portability would be one, but another would be that it would be a way for authors to still get paid for their work. Right now, I buy all used books or use the library, and am subsequently not supporting a single author which is a huge bummer. I think you need to crank the numbers, Will, in all of your available free time. ;) Yeah, I’m very torn about the Kindle. I do buy a lot of books, but I would want to see hard numbers about the energy used to make the Kindle versus energy to make a book, and how many books you would have to buy to equal the energy to make one Kindle.

There are a number of advantages to the Kindle. Portability would be one, but another would be that it would be a way for authors to still get paid for their work. Right now, I buy all used books or use the library, and am subsequently not supporting a single author which is a huge bummer.

I think you need to crank the numbers, Will, in all of your available free time. ;)

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