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Originally Posted by CountryBoy1981
So instead of using a renewable resource in trees for paper, your school has opted to use electronics that use electricity which is more than likely produced from a non-renewable resource? The most "green" way to go through college would be going back to the old school pen and paper.
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Actually, if you read what I'd said, you'd know my school gets most of its power from renewables, namely solar and wind. My university is well on its way to becoming climate neutral. And also, cutting down trees and making paper creates greenhouse gas emissions, even though trees are a renewable resource. Once you cut down a tree, all of the biomass it has stored over its lifetime eventually gets converted into carbon dioxide and methane. And on top of that, that tree is no longer there to suck up CO2 from the atmosphere and store it. Not to mention how terrible clear cutting forests is for soil.