I don't get how money saves the envirnment?

Question

I don't get it because isn't money paper. And paper is trees. Then people always want more. Then if you recycle you r still wasting up energy. So i don't get why we use paper and waste so much electricity by recycling.

Answer 1

We have to have some kind of currency, maybe the day will come when you can just pay with say your fingerprint....of course you would need a bank account for that, some people don't have them. You want to look at paper consumption...check out how much paper it takes to print a Sunday New York Times....simply staggering.

Answer 2

I use my debit card.

Answer 3

Trees are a renewable resource, we can grow more. There are tree farms in many parts of the nation where Pine and Spruce are grown to be harvested for lumber and paper products. This industry provides a way of life for many people and in the end, paper and wood are biodegradable, therefore not a threat to our environment. As for paper money, I have not seen much of it lying around in landfills or along side of the road!

Answer 4

the less you consume (anything) reduces your impact on the environment. Recycling reduces the amount of trash in landfills, and reduces the impact of mining/drilling/logging on the environment. Solar, wind, and geothermal electricity are a huge help to the environment, but cost a lot to implement. Organic farming and veganism also reduce your impact on the environment.

Answer 5

Money isn't paper. The 'money' in my bank acount is in the form of electrons.

Money isn't wealth, its just currency, a medium of exchange. Potatoes are wealth. Paper is wealth. Every year it costs more money to buy the same quantity of potatoes.

Costs less energy to recycle paper than it does to make new paper.

Answer 6

We have a choice, either use the paper from the trees or have it all go up in smoke when the next wildfire burns through.

Why people insist upon whining incessantly about recycling paper is insane.

Do you not realize it requires far more resources to recycle paper than to just grow another tree?

Answer 7

I think it is because money is green.

Answer 8

ok first money isn't made from trees, "paper money" is a actually a cotton microfiber blend.  That is how you can tell the difference in a fake dollar right away because of the texture.  Second even though it uses energy to recycle it, it would still take energy and even more energy plus more trees cut down, and on top that the paper you didn't recycle will fill up in our landfill. if you bought a brand new peice of paper.

Answer 9

You do not showed your intelligence rightly cause you explained a lot of things so i will be impressed and i agree with you,No your idea is wrong paper money is needed more than metal money, it have its use in our monetary system. As for save the envirnment  that is being taken care of, for every tree that is cut an other tree is planted ,So your argument is totally invalid

Answer 10

Good point. Everything costs money just about these days though, so it's the only way to buy more plants and seeds!