Comments on: How green is my Kindle? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/how-green-is-my-kindle/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kate http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/how-green-is-my-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-1135414 Kate Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:44:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/08/26/how-green-is-my-kindle/#comment-1135414 Don't expect I'll ever throw mine away. Give it to someone if I upgrade, but if it's still useful, someone will want it. I give my computers away when I upgrade them, too. Just because *you* might get a new one, I'm sure you can pass your old one along, thereby keeping the green going. Don’t expect I’ll ever throw mine away. Give it to someone if I upgrade, but if it’s still useful, someone will want it.

I give my computers away when I upgrade them, too.

Just because *you* might get a new one, I’m sure you can pass your old one along, thereby keeping the green going.

]]> By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/how-green-is-my-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-1135387 Steve Jordan Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:57:49 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/08/26/how-green-is-my-kindle/#comment-1135387 The numbers are probably a lot better for PDAs, cellphones, laptops, netbooks and other multi-use devices that people do tend to keep for longer than a year (2-3 on average, if memory serves). And of course, smaller devices like PDAs and netbooks have a correspondingly smaller carbon footprint in manufacture (though they can use more energy in actual usage). The numbers are probably a lot better for PDAs, cellphones, laptops, netbooks and other multi-use devices that people do tend to keep for longer than a year (2-3 on average, if memory serves). And of course, smaller devices like PDAs and netbooks have a correspondingly smaller carbon footprint in manufacture (though they can use more energy in actual usage).

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