Paper grows on trees

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I am printing out the Forestry Commission's Woodfuel Strategy for England for a piece of research I'm doing. As I stand by the printer, I can't help but notice that the report is heavily Designed; every other page is a title page with pictures of logs on it, or images of flickering flames. There are birch trees and bluebells and clouds. What a waste of resources - ink and energy! - I think.

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But then, I realise my error. It's those tricksy woodsmen getting me to use more paper so they can plant more trees. They're canny at the Forestry.

Comments

[Paul]

Interesting that you feel you have to print it out. I know its unavoidable at times. I, as I am sure you do, loath printing things, I even hate buying books now. Its such a waste of resources. We need something along the lines of an e-book reader, that uses no energy to display text and images. Of course it needs to be cheap too..................I can dream.

[Michael Willoughby]

I see what you mean, Paul. But since my job is 50% reading and I need to be able to riffle in order to find the numbers I need, buried on some page of some report or other, then I can't really consider it a 'waste,' unless my job in toto is a waste or resources, a possibility which I cannot discount.

For an e-solution to work for me, it would need to be rifflable - each sheet would need to be detachable and updatable. It would need to be cheap, yes, otherwise each refreshable sheet would get lost beneath all the other refreshable sheets on my desk.

It does sound like a dream.