Apr 06 2010
Are e-readers really green?
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 needs 2 kw/h.
- If you buy a book online and have it shipped 500 miles (by air), the transportation creates about the same pollution and waste and actually making the book. Driving 5 miles to the bookstore (and back) causes 10 times the pollution and waste!! If you use your e-reader to read lot’s of books, it’s quite a difference…
- If you read a book at night for an hour or two, the light bulb will use more energy than it takes to charge your e-reader.
More over at e-reader-info.com