Books could burn down but how often does that happen? Maybe you have a kid and the kid decides to flush your fancy gizmo in the toilet. Oops. And what Johnny said.

Most of the world's oxygen is produced by algae (seaweed), not trees.

The leading cause of de-forestation (tearing down trees) is clearing land for cattle grazing, not making paper.

Books and making paper have a teeny, tiny effect on the environment.

Then people in rich countries should get less babies. :/

Well, I read online, too, there is stuff can't get in real life and stuff I wouldn't pay for, but I love having a book in my book shelf and the actual stuff.

Flaria, lmfao.

You're not really paying attention.

Algae is the leading producer of oxygen. That goes both ways - the leading producer of oxygen, and the leading consumer of carbon dioxide. Trees might make a difference, but they don't make that big of a difference. It wouldn't be pleasant if all the trees were cut from the planet, but at the same time that is simply not possible. Especially with regard to forestation laws in the Americas and other forest-heavy countries. Every time a tree is cut down, a new tree has to be planted, they can only be cut in "stages" (as in, "stage one" - new growth - trees cannot be cut down and must wait to be cut down in later stages, depending on the location of the trees and the type of tree).

And then we have grass, bushes, flowers, and every other plant on the planet, all of which are producing oxygen and consuming carbon dioxide. Trees are not the only front we have against suffocating.

I wouldn't read stuff I wouldn't pay for. I only read online if there isn't an official translation yet. If there are I'll buy the book and delete the files. Though I wont even be able to do that any more soon. I don't mind that much though. I'll just wait until there will be a translation, you could event suggest publishers to licence them.

... -wants to comment, but doesn't want to argue and start talking about side-stuff =o=-

Comment about what? Trees, making less babies, buying books, or cows?

This is a widespread topic, here, apparently you can't really get lost talking about side-stuff.

hmmm.. i feel ignored T_T lol

hey rainy!

I mean, the heck, if you look at how deforested some regions are and how many species of plants and animals have gone to extinction... it's not only about freakin' oxygen we're talking about here. DDx
Sure, I am not all about online stuff, but there can be other ways than chopping down woods. Humans are just going the easier route - to glass shield over cities and algea farms, for example. But, the heck, I wouldn't want to live in a world where a tree is just a freakin' hologram.

I just remembered the cows lol...only by living they screw up a lot. Cause they...burp..lol

I don't read books online, 'cause I can't find them, except maybe some classics. I read fan fictions, mangas (when I could) and such online, but, yes, I downlaod "illegal" stuff. 'Cause I can't buy albums of my favorite musicians here and I also don't have the money to do it, not here, not online. Heck, we can barely pay the bills, how can I spend it on something like that.

-hugs Sylvermyth- HAI. C:

I understand what you're saying, but that doesn't make it right... >.< Though at least you got somewhat good reason. Many people are pretty rich but still wont buy. That's shit.

Like I said before, trees are not in danger. There are laws protecting most of the rainforests of the world (which, by the way, harbor a hell of a chunk of the earth's biodiversity and really should be conserved) and while it's unfortunate that many of these rainforests are found in corrupt countries with people who would gladly cut down a hundred-year-old Ebony tree to make a few knickknacks to sell to tourists, that's really not the fault of large civilizations and technological progression like people assume. The forests are protected (it is illegal to cut down any endangered tree in most rain forests), it's just a few poachers who break the law to make money.

And in North America, we have the forestation laws as well as natural parks. Most of our forests are protected under the title of "national park", and all the wildlife within them are protected as well. Some parts of forest are set aside for lumber (including paper) production, and some land is bought and leveled for the cattle fields mentioned earlier, but for the most part the large parts of the earth are protected by law.