Wyatt earp
Diamond Member
- Apr 21, 2012
- 69,975
- 16,412
- 2,180
I always bitched the internet is making people ignorant to news and politics because with electronic media people cherry pick and read what they want to read.
With newspapers it was better exspeacily if you were bored you would read stuff you had no desire in knowing or learning.
This is an interesting article on ammo if someone says electronic media is better for the environment.
Is Digital Media Worse for the Environment Than Print?
Go Tell It On The Mountain
It’s somewhat ironic that print media and the paper-making industry are so often targeted for “killing” trees while digital media is so often characterized as the greener “environmentally friendly” alternative. While its record is by no means perfect, the North American forest products industry has made great strides in the adoption of sustainable forestry and environmental performance certification practices. In addition, the majority of the U.S. paper industry’s power and electricity needs are derived from renewable biomass that is sourced from sustainably managed forests. On the other hand, digital information technology’s dependence on coal-powered electricity that is derived from mountaintop removal goes largely unreported.
*Snip*
Digital Deforestation
There is growing recognition that digital media technology uses significant amounts of energy from coal fired power plants which are making a significant contribution to global warming.Greenpeace estimates that by 2020 data centers will demand more electricity than is currently demanded by France, Brazil, Canada, and Germany combined. What is less widely known is that mountaintop-removal coal mining is also a major cause of deforestation, biodiversity loss, and the pollution of over 1,200 miles of headwater streams in the United States.
If your goal is to save trees or do something good for the environment, the choice to go paperless may not be as green or simple as some would like you to think.
.
With newspapers it was better exspeacily if you were bored you would read stuff you had no desire in knowing or learning.
This is an interesting article on ammo if someone says electronic media is better for the environment.
Is Digital Media Worse for the Environment Than Print?
Go Tell It On The Mountain
It’s somewhat ironic that print media and the paper-making industry are so often targeted for “killing” trees while digital media is so often characterized as the greener “environmentally friendly” alternative. While its record is by no means perfect, the North American forest products industry has made great strides in the adoption of sustainable forestry and environmental performance certification practices. In addition, the majority of the U.S. paper industry’s power and electricity needs are derived from renewable biomass that is sourced from sustainably managed forests. On the other hand, digital information technology’s dependence on coal-powered electricity that is derived from mountaintop removal goes largely unreported.
*Snip*
Digital Deforestation
There is growing recognition that digital media technology uses significant amounts of energy from coal fired power plants which are making a significant contribution to global warming.Greenpeace estimates that by 2020 data centers will demand more electricity than is currently demanded by France, Brazil, Canada, and Germany combined. What is less widely known is that mountaintop-removal coal mining is also a major cause of deforestation, biodiversity loss, and the pollution of over 1,200 miles of headwater streams in the United States.
If your goal is to save trees or do something good for the environment, the choice to go paperless may not be as green or simple as some would like you to think.
.
