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Originally Posted by TechnoViking
I believe that someday people will think that killing a tree to write something down is about as silly as writing on a cave wall.
It will take generations, though for paper books to become completely obsolete. So not in your lifetime  |
If you don't cut them down they will die and fall down eventually or burn down or whatever but trees are a renewable resource and within certain managed harvesting parameters, should be cut down. I'm not an advocate of clear-cutting but selective harvesting is a beneficial strategy for managing and maintaining a productive forest.
Paper making is a relatively energy intensive industry but I believe in the future there will be breakthroughs that will make it much more energy efficient.