tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248311.post6092467815073186913..comments2023-05-30T15:51:50.563+01:00Comments on Exact Editions: The Carbon Footprint of Digital PrintUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248311.post-71949813092664516852008-06-12T15:24:00.000+01:002008-06-12T15:24:00.000+01:00I wonder how this Swedish calculation was arrived ...I wonder how this Swedish calculation was arrived at. On the face of it David Reay's estimate of 3Kg of CO2 for a single textbook, does not seem to relate well to the idea of a daily newspaper over the course of a year 'costing' only 30Kg. At least for the newspapers I read the bulk of paper over the course of a month is several times the bulk of paper used in a textbook. There are also 'daily' deliveries to be factored into the equation. One or other of these calculations is out be at least an order of magnitude. I dont know which!Adam Hodgkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855740291868776584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248311.post-58174099033853367402008-06-12T14:56:00.000+01:002008-06-12T14:56:00.000+01:00Nothing is ever straightforward in the world of ca...Nothing is ever straightforward in the world of calculating carbon footprints. You might like to read this article from PrintWeek magazine, which reported a study by the Swedish Royal Institute for Technology that concluded that reading online (using a PC) could have a bigger carbon footprint than the print equivalent.<BR/><BR/>http://www.printweek.com/environment/news/770097/E-reader-takes-eco-crown-print-greener-online/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248311.post-54974950022990477462008-06-06T08:30:00.000+01:002008-06-06T08:30:00.000+01:00This gets complicated, because one should also the...This gets complicated, because one should also then factor in the cost of 'reading' traditional books and preserving them (electricity in most contexts, space for stacks and the cost of heating/aircon in libraries). Its complicated too because pc's and mobile phones have many other uses than reading digital books. So what share of multipurpose device is attributable to the digital book use? The Kindle, is more or less a pure ebook device, and it has very low power consumption, but it has other problems! One of which is that it looks to me as though it ought to have been 'replaced' before it was launched. Let us hope that Apple takes seriously the challenge of making an iPhone that people want to keep for 5 years.Adam Hodgkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855740291868776584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248311.post-66589503666734475382008-06-06T07:48:00.000+01:002008-06-06T07:48:00.000+01:00To the footprint of ebooks reading, one should sti...To the footprint of ebooks reading, one should still add the impact of the e-reader devices, which will have to be replaced every second or third year, as the mobile industry has it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com