geierkreisen said:
- transport costs: Most of the paper I buy in Germany has never had to cross continents (Skandinavia --> Germany) to get to where I am, unlike electronic gadgetry that is almost exclusively made in Asia. Short route transport by truck or train beats long route transport by ship or plane any day. Let's not even talk about who you want to buy your stuff from. I buy European as often as I can.
- limited resources: The precious metals and other limited ressources needed for the production of electronic devices have become scarcer, more expensive and more environmentally problematic to acquire by the minute over the last five years. There has been a shortage in rare earth elements with China being the only large provider unfairly raising prices again and again. Sensible recycling is, as of now, not being done. Trees simply grow.
- cost effectiveness: Usually, when something is really cheap in a capitalist system, it is easy to come by and really cheap to produce. 2500 pages of printer paper cost about 16? on Amazon and are easily recyclable. For the 780? that an iPad 3 costs on Amazon, you initially get 121.875 pages of crisp white printer paper and in the long run way more recycled paper products. If the paper is not needed any more, it can be burnt for energy (CO2-neutral).
- disposal: an iPad is toxic waste and its elements much harder to recycle than paper. The life period of an iPad is, let's say, five to seven years. I still have documents from 20 years ago (I'm 33). My oldest book is from 1875.
As could be easily demonstrated, your economic argumentation doesn't hold water. And first you want all paper gone and suddenly you limit yourself to office application only when someone comes and says "what about drawing and painting on paper?". Paper has been and will be essential to humanity. Old tech coexists with new tech and is not and will never be completely replaced.
Think things through next time, will ya?
I guess if that's what happens in Germany, it must be what happens all over the world then.
Yeah, just add water and almost instantly a tree appears! I guess taking apart old stuff is just impossible these days.
So I guess to use paper, all you need is paper. You don't write/print on it in Germany? You just make shapes out of it and use that to spell or draw? When you consider printer ink is the fifth most expensive liquid
How long does a lot of paper last? I assume not long since there are errors, unwanted information on it, envelopes just get scraped more or less instantly when the recipient gets it etc etc etc.
I am not exactly up to speed with the recycling world and how effectively they can recycle stuff, I assume with the recent "omg must recycle!" trend (proven by you can be fined for not doing it) and advancements in science so we can reuse stuff ... I would guess it's pretty do-able.
Did I say my argument was perfect? No. Did I think it all the way through in my sleep deprived state? No. I just wanted to give the people of this site something new to think about rather than the same topics that keep coming up, like MLP or something to do with the last game you played/your avatar.
Nice touch of arrogance in your post at the end, shame all our posts can't be so perfect as your own, oh mighty ruler!
EDIT: I never said anything about art in the OP, I was always talking about office applications of paper ... I don't think many offices use paper for art.
