tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post939097081277628817..comments2024-03-17T08:34:15.051-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: "Holier-Than-Thou" Becomes "Greener-Than-Thou"P. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-88530603829127354822012-12-13T02:54:57.359-08:002012-12-13T02:54:57.359-08:00Expensive art books and all kinds of greeting card...Expensive art books and all kinds of greeting cards and postcards (including racy "French" postcards) used to be printed in Holland. Nowadays most of those foreign-produced items you see in our country were made in China. That's paper. But everyone knows, I think, that there is also a huge electronics industry in China, too. It's easy not to see the costs of pollution when they're in someone else's backyard.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-13037598515672852012-12-12T18:35:02.598-08:002012-12-12T18:35:02.598-08:00I'm still buying hard cover books;
too old to ...I'm still buying hard cover books;<br />too old to stare at a kindle (haven't even used a cellphone yet). It is true that older papermills were environmentally unfriendly-they used much water and returned it to streams heated and polluted. That industry has seen a continuing to <a href="http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/classified_box/jobs/paper-mills-deal-with-declining-demand-for-product/article_c1a25ed0-407f-11e2-b579-0019bb2963f4.html" rel="nofollow">decline</a>, although bookprint is probably a minor part.<br />Electronics mfg. is hardly green:<br />toxic solvents, plating heavy metals and battery residues contribute to environmental degradation. Much, due to the global economy occurs <a href="http://goodelectronics.org/news-en/the-it-industry-has-a-critical-duty-to-prevent-heavy-metal-pollution-concludes-report" rel="nofollow">offshore</a> . We modern<br />humans have a heavy footprint.<br /><br /><br />BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-91573996922355080182012-12-12T13:17:56.852-08:002012-12-12T13:17:56.852-08:00That's the thing. This topic is so much bigge...That's the thing. This topic is so much bigger than most of us see. Like many things, the real costs of books v.s. ebooks (or printed newspaper v.s. digital newspapers) haven't really been tallied. And everyone's 'costs' are different...as are everyone's 'needs.' <br /><br />It's a difficult discussion, one that is taken up in graduate programs but never resolved. We live in an evolving time and you are right, we need to respect each others choices while continuing the debate.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-69525803191087280752012-12-10T14:19:06.031-08:002012-12-10T14:19:06.031-08:00Thanks, Marjorie. Now if only I could eliminate th...Thanks, Marjorie. Now if only I could eliminate the formatting glitches, such as that first sentence of the last paragraph. But oh, well! This blog is ephemeral, not printed and bound for the ages!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-75687948406084556902012-12-10T13:25:46.163-08:002012-12-10T13:25:46.163-08:00Well said.
Marjorie701Well said.<br />Marjorie701Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com