> The Internet (and the associated systems that relay at their
> pleasure) are not a limitless resource; we should be economical and
> ecological even in our use of these resources.
I agree. The resources of the net involve real expenditures of energy.
I also agree with Gary, when he says:
> [...] When we consider
> the number of trees felled relative to the fraction of an average news-
> paper that's actually read, and the gasoline and electricity and ink
> and human labor and everything else that goes into a newspaper that is
> required to produce it, and how much real material waste there is, we
> are quite efficient by comparison...
I suppose the point is to be conscious of the resources we use in all ways
all around us. As Camus once wrote, "we can hardly lift a finger without
bringing death to someone...."
-- Peter d'Errico phone: 413-545-2003 Legal Studies Department fax: 413-545-1640 University of Massachusetts/Amherst 01003 dErrico@titan.ucc.umass.edu