After 23 books, Kindle goes green
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Want to know how to make your Kindle environmentally friendly? Read at least 23 books on it, says consulting firm Cleantech. At that point, you'll have caught up with the carbon emissions from print books, and each ebook you read after that will add a smaller amount to your carbon footprint than if you'd stuck with print.
These numbers are based off of several rough estimates: analysts are guessing that the Kindle's CO2 footprint is around 168 kg, compared to about 7.5 kg for one book. The Kindle estimate doesn't include any extra energy used to keep your ebook stored on ...