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DilipJ on March 14, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops th...

I'm sure more carbon is being used in cutting down the trees to turn into paper, and then shipping all of that paper to customers.

moheeb on March 14, 2012 [–]

Actually chainsaws are pretty efficient.

I say there is no way more "carbon" is used shipping a few thousand books than powering the entire internet.

DilipJ on March 16, 2012 | [–]

you think it's more efficient to ship everyone an entire set of encyclopedias than to keep wikipedia's servers running?

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