Friday, August 01, 2008

a catch-22 dilemma

in a bid to save the environment, one is encouraged not to use too many plastic bags. but are we kidding ourselves into thinking we are saving the environment by declining to take a plastic bag when purchasing books or magazines? doesn't reading books and magazines increase demand for such items and hence more paper is used to print them?

on the other hand, if we decide to save paper and make everyone read their material online, won't we contribute to an increase in electricity use (and by extension, a whole load of other forms of environmental destruction)?

perhaps the world would benefit from people being less intellectual. oh woe!

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