Should books be banned?!?!?!?!?!?

Question

because I was thinking about all the paper that goes into making all of the books each year. If we used e-books instead of regular books, we would save literally countless trees every day...and, since there are online newspaper sites like wsj.com, etc., we might as well just keep the articals on the internet and stop printing newspapers. I mean, think about all the ads in newspapers that no one uses, and all the articals that go unread anyway.

I know that internet costs money, but think about it:

say that you go over to your local gas station or somewhere to buy the newspaper each day. Saying that it comes as cheap as $0.50, they even in a month you'll be spending around $15 a month, just for the newspaper. And plus you'll have to think about all the If you look at this internet site:

http://www22.verizon.com/content/consumerdsl/

you'll see that you can get the internet for only $13 a month. Plus you can think about all the books you get.

Am I making any sense to anyone here?

Answer 1

YES !  Join the Fahrenheit 451 club.  Heck half the people that live by me can't read anyway.

Answer 2

youre retarded. please allow me to punch you in the face

Answer 3

I understand the train of thought, however it will never happen.  We live in a world where too many people cannot afford a computer or the technology to support changing everything to digital.  Plus, school systems are struggling as is, how can they afford that upgrade.  Maybe a better solution is using recylced paper for books and newspapers, and people actually recycling their paper.

Answer 4

well i guess thats why there's a library where people can use books for a certain amount of time then return it for another person to use....

Answer 5

YES!! FINALLY SOMEONE MAKES SENSE

Answer 6

No book, whether printed on paper or on the internet, should ever be banned.  You start doing that stuff and we end up in  a communist or socialist state that only allows you to read what they want you to read.  I know you are talking about saving trees, but any ban of the written or spoken word, should ever be tolerated.

Answer 7

wtheck! books should never be banned. who are youu?

Answer 8

you are thinking in the wrong direction.

Answer 9

You are an idiot. Plain idiot.

1. Not everyone can afford the internet

2.You are an idiot

3. How would teachers teach? Would they say : Okay kids.ur homework for today is  at www.so-and-so.com Go to menu click on this and that.

4. You are an idiot

5.I see what you are getting at but

6. You are an idiot.

7. Trees can easily be regrown

8.You are an idiot

Answer 10

People are getting excited because they only read your title.  lol  Life is such a comedy sometimes.

Okay, on to your discussion.  Yes, of course we would be much better off without paper books and periodicals.  The problem is that most people like to read the newspaper while eating breakfast at the kitchen table or at a diner, or read a book while laying on a couch or on a hammock in the back yard and the computer is just not a convenient tool for reading.

What we need is a cheap electronic reader with a long battery life.  They do make e-book readers, but they are too expensive.  Amazon sells its Kindle wireless reading devise for $399.  That's too much for me.  All it needs to do is display pages.  That's it.  Bring the price down to $100 and about half the people own a computer will buy one.  Make one for $49, and the rest will buy one.

Answer 11

Banning books is the last thing we should do considering the IQ of this nation is dropping 1 point per hour.

Answer 12

No books should not be banned, I understand your concerns but banning books and news-papers is not the answer. With energy concerns being what they are it seems that now more than ever that we need hard copies of information at this time. I do believe reforestation should be at the forefront of our concerns. Also we should be developing other means of writting surfaces. Recycling is key to prolonging our resources. Hope this helps

Answer 13

Maybe we should find an alternat "paper" source for books--or find ways to make them from more sustainable sources. Just moving everything online would be a long process (google is actually doing some work on that right now at U of M). Also it is not always convienent for people to be reading online--and more evergy would be used by people doing all their reading online.

Answer 14

No. The trees that make paper are a renewable crop. They do NOT use old growth forests for that! Pulpwood trees grow quickly and can easily be farmed. In fact, they are. It'd be stupid to destroy an entire industry out of ignorance and fear.