Topic: HOMEWORK KILLS TREES

[Ronin RedFox]

"Why do dogs eat homework?" 

It is a paradox scientists cannot explain

TIME PARADOX!

[D2Disciple]

A pair o' dachsunds?

This seriously has to be the best nonsense post I've seen in a while. 

[Eagle131]

...........and not to mention all the fuel school buses burn through each day and how badly they pollute the environment.....school is bad. BAD!

[X-ray]

EXACTLY plus on a computer it's a hole lot faster.

[X-ray]

oh and that dog eating homework thing it's simple........ they need to shred something.

[X-ray]

i guess if it wasn't for school i wouldn't have met my friends.

[S13driftAZ]

Yeesh man, ever herd of the edit button?

[X-ray]

Yeesh man, ever herd of the edit button?

just found out.

[Matthew]

well then it should be on the computer !

I disagree. Sit me in front of a computer and absolutely nothing productive gets done.

((Is this too old to bump? :/)

[TechPro]

We'll let the bump slide ...  this time. 

Of course, absolutely everyone knows that by creating the file on a computer, or on the Internet, we "save a tree", right?  What about ...
- all the plastics (and their manufacturing process)?
- the metals (and their shaping process),
- the laminates and chemicals used
- electricity and fuels expended to run the machines to do the plastics and metals
- the silicons and their manufacturing processes
- the shipping and marketing of the finished product
- the many man-hours of labor
- the food those employees consume
- the wastes created by each and everyone of the above items
- the electricity you expend while creating the document (or documents)
- if a laptop, the chemicals and acids contained in the batteries for the laptop (and the resulting problems of disposal when no longer functional)
- .... this list goes on ...

And... that's what we're trying to do by "going green" with 'electronic' documents.

[SaladBadger]

but hey, in a world with BOTH paper documents and 'lectronic documents it's worse than just having electronic documents

[Matthew]

Well, the computers and such will exist anyway, regardless of whether I store my document on paper or on my laptop. So I dont really how it applies, practically.

And what about:
- The machines to make the paper
- The machines to make the machines to make the paper
- The machines to harvest the wood
- The man-hours to get the wood
- The chemicals used in making the wood
... Need I say more?

[DarkWing]

So ... What can we actually do that will actually help save resources (dare I say ... "save the planet")?

[Matthew]

Sit idle all day doing nothing?

[-<WillyP>-]

No, then you'll have to make more chairs. I say get on your bike and ride!