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Subject:Re[3]: Paperless From:"Arlen P. Walker" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 31 Jan 1995 12:21:00 -0500
It DOES take energy to make paper. In fact, it takes 20 watts to make one
sheet of virgin paper from raw materials. Multiply that by 500 sheet in a
ream and your up to 10 kilowatts.
Let's see. According to manufacturer's specs, my monitor takes 150 watts. If
we're talking about an X-terminal, we might expect a little more (no access to
one, so I can't say for sure) so let's call it 200 watts. So one ream of paper
would run an X-terminal for about 4 days.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 24
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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