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By: Minh Saxfield

Minh Saxfield — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:51:29 +0000

Have you ever considered adding more videos to your blog posts to keep the readers more entertained? I mean I just read through the entire article of yours and it was quite good but since I’m more of a visual learner,I found that to be more helpful well let me know how it turns out

By: White Flood

White Flood — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:40:13 +0000

Hey – nice blog and impressive article… Thanks!

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Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:28:16 +0000

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By: Timberati

Timberati — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:02:50 +0000

As an example of technology's footprint, if one buys an ereader, one must buy it for the convenience, not because it might save paper (though probably won't save any paper). My back-of-the-envelope calculation[1] leads me to believe that each Kindle, mobile phone, etc., leave about 100-200 pounds of toxic garbage in its wake. Our carbon footprint is more than CO2, it includes CN (cyanide). Does the item's convenience outweigh the cost? Forests return. Plastics and cyanide dumps don’t go away. Ereader don't save paper either. Since Kindle debuted, Amazon is selling more books. Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos told attendees at the 2008 BookExpo America, an annual bookseller’s tradeshow, “After purchasing Kindle, customers continue to purchase the same number of physical books that they bought before buying their Kindle, but altogether…their [ebook plus physical] book purchases on Amazon increased by a factor of 2.6.” For more, read Save Trees, Use More Paper and Paper or Plastic? 1. Calculation is based on the Ecological Rucksack developed by the Danish Friends of the Earth, another estimate from Earthworks, the PBS Frontline report, The Toxic Shimmer of Gold; and Dr. Robert Moran’s paper on the Chemistry, Toxicity and Analysis of Mining-Related Waters, and Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Toxics in Electronics)

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Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:07:41 +0000

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