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The Compressed Book Edition

by skowalak on 3/23/25, 5:31 PM with 7 comments

  • by philips on 3/23/25, 9:22 PM

    I really appreciate the attempt to compare website carbon footprint vs blog post.

    > The book needs to be read by at least two to three people before its environmental footprint becomes smaller than the one caused by reading all Low-tech Magazine articles online.

  • by damnitbuilds on 3/24/25, 10:54 AM

    TL; DR: Printing the book is a waste of energy but we're going to do it anyway.

    Do they factor in the amount of energy they spent picking this tiny nit, which could have been spent on more productive things like reducing car and aircraft use, or campaigning to make sure the democrats put up a good, centrist candidate next time and America returns to fighting global warming ?