Comments on: Going Green: If you have to use a printer, do it the environmentally friendly way http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/24/going-green-if-you-have-to-use-a-printer-do-it-the-environmentally-friendly-way/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:41:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jon http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/24/going-green-if-you-have-to-use-a-printer-do-it-the-environmentally-friendly-way/#comment-673106 Jon Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:47:19 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=25283#comment-673106 Environmentally friendly printing is an oxymoron... a tree is cut (usually clear-cut), the pulp is then bleached using a host of chemicals, it is then transported using fossil fuels then you go pick-up the result (ei: paper). Ink, even if was made out of the remains of a local sewage factory, would still be environmentally unfriendly no matter how you did it considering the medium it's used upon. Closest thing I come to printing is PDF and that suits more more then fine. Jon http://dreamclue.com ...get the message! Environmentally friendly printing is an oxymoron… a tree is cut (usually clear-cut), the pulp is then bleached using a host of chemicals, it is then transported using fossil fuels then you go pick-up the result (ei: paper).

Ink, even if was made out of the remains of a local sewage factory, would still be environmentally unfriendly no matter how you did it considering the medium it’s used upon. Closest thing I come to printing is PDF and that suits more more then fine.

Jon
http://dreamclue.com …get the message!

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