Big Think discusses sustainability in regards to making computers and making books out of trees.
From the post...
Evil old print, it turns out, "is based on comparatively benign and renewable materials,'' Carli says. And even if you think that ereader technology will eventually reduce its eco-impact and prove better than print, here's a final irony: Ultra-light readers like the Que will probably dominate the market, and those devices are made of flexible polymers, on which the circuitry is printed. Which means ereading will involve (and impose the ecological costs of) both electronics and print.
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