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Flashdrives vs. Paper
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Cogwulf
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Depends on the amount of paper it replaces. I'd guestimate that something in the region of 10000 pages of printed paper use about the same amount of energy and resources to produce as 1 flash drive. Paper printed with pictures would use more, and the figure would vary greatly depending upon how the paper is printed, a household inkjet printer will be considerably less efficient overall than a newspaper printing press.
Flash drives also gain an extra point for being able to transfer other sorts of media such as audio and video.
A way to exchange data much more efficiently that either flash drives or paper is over the internet.
Flash drives also gain an extra point for being able to transfer other sorts of media such as audio and video.
A way to exchange data much more efficiently that either flash drives or paper is over the internet.
Cobra
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Hah. Good answer. I'm having trouble weighing the variables in my head.
Of course, another variable to this is how the flashdrive is used. If it's just used to convey 1 document that is, say, 100 pages long, and then it's rarely (or never) used again, and let's say that there are 500 people interested in replacing documents of similar size with flashdrive information, would you say this would be a poor way to "lower a carbon footprint?"
Internet is obviously great. But I am dealing with a specific, 2 possibilities, "versus" type argument here irl and looking for a stance to take on the matter.
Of course, another variable to this is how the flashdrive is used. If it's just used to convey 1 document that is, say, 100 pages long, and then it's rarely (or never) used again, and let's say that there are 500 people interested in replacing documents of similar size with flashdrive information, would you say this would be a poor way to "lower a carbon footprint?"
Internet is obviously great. But I am dealing with a specific, 2 possibilities, "versus" type argument here irl and looking for a stance to take on the matter.
RubberDucky451
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Does a 512mb flashdrive take the same energy to make as an 8gb?
We could always carry our desktops around instead of creating another whole device to carry specified data, but that's inefficient.
We could always carry our desktops around instead of creating another whole device to carry specified data, but that's inefficient.
Firehazard159
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Leave the desktop at home, use it as a quasi-server, hosting all your info.
Take your netbook with you, access and transfer files using that.
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Take your netbook with you, access and transfer files using that.
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Tunesimah
Man-Child becoming a Dude.... Man
I don't see them as comparable. For the function of transferring information for sure the flash drive is better. But paper has other uses that go beyond what a flash drive can do. Paper is the means to view the information and the information all in one. A flash drive is useless without a computer. You can mark up paper and add to it or take away from it.
You can fold it into paper airplanes...
Paper just sucks because you have to search it manually. And it can't play movies, unless it's a flip book....
And eating paper is slightly less toxic than the flash drive...
You can fold it into paper airplanes...
Paper just sucks because you have to search it manually. And it can't play movies, unless it's a flip book....
And eating paper is slightly less toxic than the flash drive...