Comments on: Elimination http://thesherpaproject.com/2007/10/15/elimination/ + + + Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:29:47 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Eli Sarver http://thesherpaproject.com/2007/10/15/elimination/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Eli Sarver Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:44:50 +0000 http://www.thesherpaproject.com/?p=143#comment-116 The whole digital revolution of the past 20-30 years really reflects the extra layer of 'Eliminate'. Energy star, LCD displays, eInk, etc. all go one step further in reducing energy use and paper use. Digital cameras eliminate the use of environmentally expensive chemicals for the most part. Online galleries mean we don't print as much. Email, for better or worse, has almost eliminated paper mail. My step toward elimination is that I'm going to stop buying books in their physical form. I have on order a eInk device to replace most of the reading I do on paper. I can't even count how many times I've printed off a pdf only to refer to it occasionally, or toss it in the recycling bin too early. Or consider the ones that don't make it to the bin. So I'm going paperless for my reading ease and convenience and for the environment, too! The whole digital revolution of the past 20-30 years really reflects the extra layer of ‘Eliminate’. Energy star, LCD displays, eInk, etc. all go one step further in reducing energy use and paper use. Digital cameras eliminate the use of environmentally expensive chemicals for the most part. Online galleries mean we don’t print as much. Email, for better or worse, has almost eliminated paper mail.

My step toward elimination is that I’m going to stop buying books in their physical form. I have on order a eInk device to replace most of the reading I do on paper. I can’t even count how many times I’ve printed off a pdf only to refer to it occasionally, or toss it in the recycling bin too early. Or consider the ones that don’t make it to the bin. So I’m going paperless for my reading ease and convenience and for the environment, too!

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