Comments on: Is e-reading LESS eco-friendly than p-reading at times? http://www.teleread.org/2008/05/08/is-e-reading-less-eco-friendly-than-p-reading-at-times/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:38:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Robert Benchley http://www.teleread.org/2008/05/08/is-e-reading-less-eco-friendly-than-p-reading-at-times/comment-page-1/#comment-792604 Robert Benchley Fri, 09 May 2008 13:12:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/08/is-e-reading-less-eco-friendly-than-p-reading-at-times/#comment-792604 yYou can't get contact dermatitis from reading any type of screen. yYou can’t get contact dermatitis from reading any type of screen.

]]> By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.org/2008/05/08/is-e-reading-less-eco-friendly-than-p-reading-at-times/comment-page-1/#comment-792151 Rob Preece Fri, 09 May 2008 03:44:31 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/08/is-e-reading-less-eco-friendly-than-p-reading-at-times/#comment-792151 It is an interesting article. Bottom line, as I think David has said, much of the "eReading is bad" is based on a theory that a computer exists only to read the newspaper, and that it will be thrown away every year or so. For those of us who use computers for multiple purposes, the newspaper reading can be considered a marginal activity--with no incremental waste products. Clearly moving to more energy-efficient computers and monitors is worth considering. The way I bottom-lined this article, though, is that eReading is ecologically far more efficient than paper reading, especially if done on an energy-efficient device. That's certainly my take. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com It is an interesting article. Bottom line, as I think David has said, much of the “eReading is bad” is based on a theory that a computer exists only to read the newspaper, and that it will be thrown away every year or so. For those of us who use computers for multiple purposes, the newspaper reading can be considered a marginal activity–with no incremental waste products. Clearly moving to more energy-efficient computers and monitors is worth considering.

The way I bottom-lined this article, though, is that eReading is ecologically far more efficient than paper reading, especially if done on an energy-efficient device. That’s certainly my take.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

]]> By: Aaron J. Walker http://www.teleread.org/2008/05/08/is-e-reading-less-eco-friendly-than-p-reading-at-times/comment-page-1/#comment-791841 Aaron J. Walker Thu, 08 May 2008 21:41:39 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/08/is-e-reading-less-eco-friendly-than-p-reading-at-times/#comment-791841 Hopefully the day will come when we get away from recreational reading on computer screens altogether(even the highlighted Vye machine a few posts up) and have lower cost E Ink (or some newer technology) devices instead. Hopefully the day will come when we get away from recreational reading on computer screens altogether(even the highlighted Vye machine a few posts up) and have lower cost E Ink (or some newer technology) devices instead.

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