Comments on: Will paper kill the papers? http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/ by Jeff Jarvis Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Uncle B http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-377452 Uncle B Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:07:27 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-377452 Hemp, the annually renewable fiber and oil crop that can solve some of the oil crisis and some of the deforestation crisis is still held back by 1930s cotton baron laws. Here in the 21st century, a simple lab test will show exactly what one is growing, making the 'dope' argument as obsolete as the people who espoused it! P.S. China knows this and grows hemp to its obvious advantage! America update your laws or learn to speak Chinese! Hemp, the annually renewable fiber and oil crop that can solve some of the oil crisis and some of the deforestation crisis is still held back by 1930s cotton baron laws. Here in the 21st century, a simple lab test will show exactly what one is growing, making the ‘dope’ argument as obsolete as the people who espoused it!
P.S. China knows this and grows hemp to its obvious advantage! America update your laws or learn to speak Chinese!

]]> By: maddy http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-372616 maddy Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:43:03 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-372616 i think the newspaper and all the stuff made of trees will kill the planet and not help our mother earth to be a beautiful place for us to live in. i think the newspaper and all the stuff made of trees will kill the planet and not help our mother earth to be a beautiful place for us to live in.

]]> By: Rita Toews http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-368991 Rita Toews Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:17:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-368991 If more people chose to read the daily newspaper electronically it would make an enormous difference. Many are available on-line. Reading your next book electronically could save many more trees. You may be interested in Read An E-Book Week. This year it runs from March 9-15th, 2008. http://domokos.com/readebookweek.html If more people chose to read the daily newspaper electronically it would make an enormous difference. Many are available on-line. Reading your next book electronically could save many more trees. You may be interested in Read An E-Book Week. This year it runs from March 9-15th, 2008.

http://domokos.com/readebookweek.html

]]> By: Can newspapers cut the jump to save the planet | New Media Bytes | Online journalism, web and intertubiness http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-361757 Can newspapers cut the jump to save the planet | New Media Bytes | Online journalism, web and intertubiness Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:42:09 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-361757 [...] Jarvis writes that some environmentalists are working to shed light on how damaging the proliferation of free papers are on the tree population. I believe the following question of his was written sarcastically, but [...] [...] Jarvis writes that some environmentalists are working to shed light on how damaging the proliferation of free papers are on the tree population. I believe the following question of his was written sarcastically, but [...]

]]> By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Environmentally incorrect http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-349346 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Environmentally incorrect Sat, 05 May 2007 19:22:14 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-349346 [...] I’ve been wondering when we’d see a scandal over the rush to buy carbon credits, asking who’s auditing these companies. Now the Financial Times’ Fiona Harvey has investigated [...] [...] I’ve been wondering when we’d see a scandal over the rush to buy carbon credits, asking who’s auditing these companies. Now the Financial Times’ Fiona Harvey has investigated [...]

]]> By: Steve Rhodes http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348385 Steve Rhodes Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:14:33 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348385 http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070507/thompson_moles <blockquote> On a practical level, while the money raised by offsets can be useful, new doubts are emerging about the industry's basic accounting. A December 2006 survey of the offset business, compiled by a team of specialists in the field, criticized the majority of the companies hawking the product. "There are no widely accepted standards...as to what qualifies as an 'offset' for purposes of making consumers carbon neutral," notes the report, titled A Consumer's Guide to Retail Carbon Offset Providers. "Almost anyone can offer to sell you almost anything and claim that this purchase will make you carbon neutral." Commissioned by Clean Air-Cool Planet, the study looked at thirty firms and gave the majority of them poor marks. Whatever their intentions, these companies operate in an accountability vacuum... </blockquote> http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070507/thompson_moles

On a practical level, while the money raised by offsets can be useful, new doubts are emerging about the industry’s basic accounting. A December 2006 survey of the offset business, compiled by a team of specialists in the field, criticized the majority of the companies hawking the product. “There are no widely accepted standards…as to what qualifies as an ‘offset’ for purposes of making consumers carbon neutral,” notes the report, titled A Consumer’s Guide to Retail Carbon Offset Providers. “Almost anyone can offer to sell you almost anything and claim that this purchase will make you carbon neutral.” Commissioned by Clean Air-Cool Planet, the study looked at thirty firms and gave the majority of them poor marks.

Whatever their intentions, these companies operate in an accountability vacuum…

]]> By: mirá! » Archivo » Los diarios son “asesinos de los bosques” http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348370 mirá! » Archivo » Los diarios son “asesinos de los bosques” Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:06:49 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348370 [...] de tinta sobre árboles muertos”. Según Buzzmachine.com en todo el mundo en 2001 se utilizaron 37,8 millones de toneladas para imprimir diarios. Para [...] [...] de tinta sobre árboles muertos”. Según Buzzmachine.com en todo el mundo en 2001 se utilizaron 37,8 millones de toneladas para imprimir diarios. Para [...]

]]> By: David Johnson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348357 David Johnson Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:15:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348357 hmmm, my trackback isn't taking. i blogged on this today: http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/21581 hmmm, my trackback isn’t taking. i blogged on this today:

http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/21581

]]> By: Justin http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348348 Justin Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:20:40 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348348 It is important to make a distinction between the newspapers (and other paper products) we pay for, and the ones that are being handed out for free on the streets. A free paper is designed as a 20 minute read. Therefore it has no retention value and is discarded on public transport systems, ending up as waste destined for landfill. When you purchase a paper not only are you undergoing a kind of onwership on that product, you are also more likely to take it home and recycle it. The biggest issue with paper usage today is how much of it is being recycled. Paper that goes to landfill represents a resource wasted, and is also contributing to climate warming. It is important to make a distinction between the newspapers (and other paper products) we pay for, and the ones that are being handed out for free on the streets. A free paper is designed as a 20 minute read. Therefore it has no retention value and is discarded on public transport systems, ending up as waste destined for landfill. When you purchase a paper not only are you undergoing a kind of onwership on that product, you are also more likely to take it home and recycle it.

The biggest issue with paper usage today is how much of it is being recycled. Paper that goes to landfill represents a resource wasted, and is also contributing to climate warming.

]]> By: plantchange.com http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348250 plantchange.com Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:38:38 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348250 <strong>Will paper kill the papers?...</strong> Blog discussion about the use of paper by newpapers, and the resultant impact.... Will paper kill the papers?…

Blog discussion about the use of paper by newpapers, and the resultant impact….

]]> By: Jackie Danicki » Environmentalists against free speech http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348227 Jackie Danicki » Environmentalists against free speech Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:05:54 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348227 [...] it was only a matter of time before someone argued that saving trees is a good reason to ban newspapers. I encourage these disciples to spread their message far and wide, demonstrating just how backward [...] [...] it was only a matter of time before someone argued that saving trees is a good reason to ban newspapers. I encourage these disciples to spread their message far and wide, demonstrating just how backward [...]

]]> By: Hartwell http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348212 Hartwell Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:29:37 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348212 What about Durabooks instead of paper -- made of a synthetic resin -- http://www.melcher.com/frameset.html What about Durabooks instead of paper — made of a synthetic resin — http://www.melcher.com/frameset.html

]]> By: LeatherPenguin » Does Jarvis Need an American Intervention? http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348207 LeatherPenguin » Does Jarvis Need an American Intervention? Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:16:25 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348207 [...] He seems way too enamored with all things Brit these past few months…. BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Will paper kill the papers? [...] [...] He seems way too enamored with all things Brit these past few months…. BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Will paper kill the papers? [...]

]]> By: Martin http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348205 Martin Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:46:39 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348205 An audit conducted by the publishers of the Daily Mirror in the UK found that each copy of that newspaper causes the release of <a href="http://www.martinstabe.com/blog/2007/02/03/whats-worse-dead-trees-or-energy-hungry-networks/" rel="nofollow">174g of CO2</a>, much of which is accounted for by paper production. The same study showed that the glossy paper used in magazines makes the figure even higher for them. That said, I think it's no longer credible to joke about the environmental impact of dead tree editions without also talking about the growing energy consumption of the servers and PCs that power the Internet. An audit conducted by the publishers of the Daily Mirror in the UK found that each copy of that newspaper causes the release of 174g of CO2, much of which is accounted for by paper production.

The same study showed that the glossy paper used in magazines makes the figure even higher for them.

That said, I think it’s no longer credible to joke about the environmental impact of dead tree editions without also talking about the growing energy consumption of the servers and PCs that power the Internet.

]]> By: Tansley - addendum http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348202 Tansley - addendum Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348202 "Only after the last tree has been cut down…the last river has been poisoned…the last fish caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten." Cree Indian Prophesy. "All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident." -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) For Robert Feinman: Ever see those interactive forms on web pages, where you fill in the slots with your personal data for registering, ordering or taking a survey? You can apply the same technology to crosswords. “Only after the last tree has been cut down…the last river has been poisoned…the last fish caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.” Cree Indian Prophesy.

“All truth passes through three stages:
First, it is ridiculed;
Second, it is violently opposed; and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

For Robert Feinman: Ever see those interactive forms on web pages, where you fill in the slots with your personal data for registering, ordering or taking a survey? You can apply the same technology to crosswords.

]]> By: Robert Feinman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348198 Robert Feinman Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:50:13 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/04/18/will-paper-kill-the-papers/#comment-348198 Canada, the US and parts of Scandinavia do plant more trees than they harvest, but this is somewhat misleading. Forests have been replaced by tree farms. These are areas where there are only one or two species planted. The competing natural species are eliminated and in some cases it is necessary to fertilize artificially since the natural balance has been disturbed. The areas are all planted at the same time, mature at the same time and are clear cut. Then the stumps are removed and the cycle is repeated. It's all very efficient if you ignore the loss of diversity and wildlife. I really resent that I have to toss out large sections of the Sunday NY Times which contain material I'm not interested in. No matter how glossy and eye catching the fashion supplements are I'm still not in the market for women's clothing. A real ebook reader would go a long way to reducing the demand for printed material. How do you do the crossword, though? Canada, the US and parts of Scandinavia do plant more trees than they harvest, but this is somewhat misleading.

Forests have been replaced by tree farms. These are areas where there are only one or two species planted. The competing natural species are eliminated and in some cases it is necessary to fertilize artificially since the natural balance has been disturbed. The areas are all planted at the same time, mature at the same time and are clear cut. Then the stumps are removed and the cycle is repeated.

It’s all very efficient if you ignore the loss of diversity and wildlife.

I really resent that I have to toss out large sections of the Sunday NY Times which contain material I’m not interested in. No matter how glossy and eye catching the fashion supplements are I’m still not in the market for women’s clothing.

A real ebook reader would go a long way to reducing the demand for printed material. How do you do the crossword, though?

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