Computers were supposed to eliminate or minimize the use of paper...so why r we still killing trees?

Question

Computers were supposed to eliminate or minimize the use of paper...so why r we still killing trees?

Answer 1

school

Answer 2

we need money...

Answer 3

"Going digital" is all I hear at work now a days but we still have folders for each patient with a ton of paper work in them!

Answer 4

I am nt really sure ,but people don't print stuff EVERYDAY . . . .Or well maybe if you are a business perso then yes

good question ,you are a nature girl ,ha-ha just like my friend !

Let me guess vegeterian ?

Answer 5

>>  Computers were supposed to eliminate or minimize the use of paper...

Don't believe the lies they tell you in school.

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Answer 6

old habits die hard my dear.  

Answer 7

We still need to print documents on paper. We will always be required to keep a paper trial. We need to learn to make and use more recycled paper. We also need to make recycled paper cheaper.

Answer 8

They plant thousands of trees every year and that makes up for all the trees they cut down.

We still need paper to print pictures and to make copies of the things printed from a computer.

Answer 9

We need paper for the printers!

Answer 10

Because we are slow to learn

Answer 11

because you can't build a home with a printer

Answer 12

why the h**l is everyone so concerned about the fricken trees?  

Answer 13

Cause some of the old timers still want to read on paper.

Plus you don't want to wipe your tush with circuit boards.

Answer 14

i like it. i can't help myself. stop me before i chop again

Answer 15

Because we are amateurs in a world of automation. Being in business, however, we need paper trails.