Ron Mertens’ blog

Here’s some interesting facts, comparing e-readers (Apple’s iPAD, really) to regular books: One e-reader requires 33 pounds of minerals and 79 gallons of water. A regular book requires about 0.6 pounds of minerals and 2 gallons of water. Making an e-reader requires around 100 kw/h of energy (around 66 pounds of co2). A normal book [...]

I’ve just finished yet another environmental book: The Ecology of Commerce (by Paul Hawken).  The book is from ’93, which makes it rather old (can you believe it’s almost 20 years since ’93?) – but it’s still excellent and highly recommended. The main thesis of this book is that the markets today are not efficient, [...]

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