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Since the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestation (lemmy.world)
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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If there is no demand for wood, forests have no value and will be cut down to make room for something valuable by the invisible hand of the market.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I used to buy boxes for almost 10 years. Paper companies plant trees to replenish their supply. I bet they’ve sold off parts of their forests since the internet and “paperless” started. Lost jobs for loggers, paper mills have shut down, and then all the lost loads for truckers. Switching from bottles to cans equals less boxes. Emails and PDF is less paper. If we weren’t ordering online all the time the impact would be even greater.