What Digital Literature Can do for the Environment

The other day I was thinking about the positive impact digitalized literature could have on the environment. Given the amount of paper that goes into publishing production, it would make sense to think that sparing all those trees could do wonders for our Earth. After a little research, I came across a fantastic article from Earth2Tech.com. 

The article focuses on the rising number of e-book users, and mentions that according to a study done by the Cleantech group, every Kindle user averages a purchase of 22.5 books a year, or 168 kg of CO2. 

Emma Ritch, author of the Cleantech group report calls publishing 'one of the world's most polluting industries,' and figures that multiplying the numbers of one e-book user, by every e-book user, yields some very promising results. 

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