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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I wonder how much fossil-fuel energy is required to power your laptop for a day's work vs. the energy it takes to print a hundred pages a day. I don't even think there's a realistic environmental arguement for this let alone feel high and mighty enough to condemn people as being incompetent in their position for not having an internet connection at home. Also talk to your optomitrist about how damaging reading from a computer screen is versus reading from paper.
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It takes about 5 cents worth of electicity to provide power for a laptop for a day. Paper costs about 1 cent per sheet, not to mention the cost of toner/ink, etc. You do the math.