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Originally Posted by Alex

But overall, from the consumer point of view, aren't those arguments essentially a different version of "I bought this pair of shoes I'll never actually wear, but they were 50% off so I actually saved $100?" Sure, paper may not be as bad as you might think, but that doesn't mean it isn't as good as not getting the paper at all (if you have no need for the paper).

What Alex said. Your defense of paper starts to sound like "free energy" argument. It fails to take into account, for instance, the energy and resources expended to do the farming. The pollution and clearing necessary to build the paper mills that churn the finished product out, then the pollution and energy expended in the actual paper manufacturing process.

Printing may not eat through trees the way most people imagine it does, but it's not resource-free, and reduction of consumption of resources is a good goal to have.