http://statastic.com/2007/01/22/weighty-words-the-future-of-e-books-part-2/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:00:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://statastic.com/2007/01/22/weighty-words-the-future-of-e-books-part-2/#comment-470 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:00:57 +0000 http://statastic.com/2007/01/22/weighty-words-the-future-of-e-books-part-2/#comment-470 Under the current administration, I'll soon have to hold my breath. Under the current administration, I’ll soon have to hold my breath.

]]> http://statastic.com/2007/01/22/weighty-words-the-future-of-e-books-part-2/#comment-469 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:56:18 +0000 http://statastic.com/2007/01/22/weighty-words-the-future-of-e-books-part-2/#comment-469 Perhaps commercial forests wouldn't become parkland, but given President Bush's new interest in global climate change, there may be other incentives. If the U.S. were to submit to a global carbon emissions permit trading program, for example, it might be more valuable to leave those trees standing. But don't hold your breath under the current administration. Perhaps commercial forests wouldn’t become parkland, but given President Bush’s new interest in global climate change, there may be other incentives. If the U.S. were to submit to a global carbon emissions permit trading program, for example, it might be more valuable to leave those trees standing. But don’t hold your breath under the current administration.

]]> http://statastic.com/2007/01/22/weighty-words-the-future-of-e-books-part-2/#comment-461 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:11:43 +0000 http://statastic.com/2007/01/22/weighty-words-the-future-of-e-books-part-2/#comment-461 Google is actively digitizing books right now, books.google.com/. The environmental benefits of not printing books is debatable, most land used for commercial paper would probably become farms or developed - not parks. It's arguably better to have commercial tree farms on those lands. Google is actively digitizing books right now, books.google.com/. The environmental benefits of not printing books is debatable, most land used for commercial paper would probably become farms or developed - not parks. It’s arguably better to have commercial tree farms on those lands.

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