@@alexanderross5643 exactly!! Although you also risk the "illusion of choice" having too many books on the device at once, I usually have mine set up so that when I open the device it's left on the page I was up to straight away. Another positive is the kindle screen is almost identical to paper.
When talking about the environmental impact of books vs digital, also think about the shipping of the physical book, which uses fossil fuels, and then there is the plastic wrap, the box it was shipped in, the truck/boat/etc. The machines that printed it, the ink, and the shipping of the paper and the ink, etc. Books don´t just appear on the store´s book shelf. Then there is the issue of the store, etc. Books are a lot dirtier. Digital, no shipping. Just the power to run the servers and your devices. I think that is less than the book. And eventually those books will end up in the landfill, which will take up a lot more space than a device. Unless the device can be somehow recycled.
Yes, it's hard. One of the hand, digital is less "waste" and less items. But it takes way way way more fossil fuels to produce 1 e-reader than it does a book. Plus, books will biodegradable quickly in a landfill, where as an e-reader will biodegrade.... never.
@@JulEnglefaris Books would biodegrade if exposed to the ideal conditions, so no guarantee that they would biodegrade. Also, what materials are the book made of. Books are not all that green either, the production of a book also produces pollution. Then there is the shipping and storage, the pollution the storage and store produce before it is purchased. The driving back and forth from home to the store. The ereaders can help reduce our carbon foot print in the long run if you read a lot of books. A quality ereader can last a long time, so it can overtime make up it's initial pollution over time. There is less waste produced when publishing and distribution of an ebook. Mostly just electricity.
Great channel. I was looking for regular everyday people doing minimalism. You have a great personality. Keep up your videos. I just liked and subscribed.
lol, digital is ALWAYS cheaper here in Germany. It's even cheaper than the used book stores I know (you may think digital purchases are cheap in Germany, no no no, physical books are just fucking expensive)
@@alexanderross5643 I am using the library (mostly digital) or I am buying cheap from eBay. I will never spend 25€ on a book I don't like again 😅. Only if there is a new release I know I will like I buy a new copy, for example Project Hail Mary this year
@@123witten Oh my 25 euros for a book! Have you looked at book depository? I think they do world wide shipping and they’re quite cheap :) And they’ve definitely got at least some books in German
I got rid of majority of my books and bought a kindle. I love it! It's light and easy to use, it's very convenient with backlight etc
Awesome! And you can take a whole library with you wherever you go!
@@alexanderross5643 exactly!! Although you also risk the "illusion of choice" having too many books on the device at once, I usually have mine set up so that when I open the device it's left on the page I was up to straight away. Another positive is the kindle screen is almost identical to paper.
Books are my greatest weakness when it comes to incorporating minimalism into my life. Thanks for a great video.
You can loan a kindle book to anyone who has an Amazon account.
Ah, I didn't know that! That's cool!
Me: I'm a minimalist
Also me: * about to move house and literally 20 of the boxes are only books *
When talking about the environmental impact of books vs digital, also think about the shipping of the physical book, which uses fossil fuels, and then there is the plastic wrap, the box it was shipped in, the truck/boat/etc. The machines that printed it, the ink, and the shipping of the paper and the ink, etc. Books don´t just appear on the store´s book shelf. Then there is the issue of the store, etc. Books are a lot dirtier. Digital, no shipping. Just the power to run the servers and your devices. I think that is less than the book. And eventually those books will end up in the landfill, which will take up a lot more space than a device. Unless the device can be somehow recycled.
Yes, it's hard. One of the hand, digital is less "waste" and less items. But it takes way way way more fossil fuels to produce 1 e-reader than it does a book. Plus, books will biodegradable quickly in a landfill, where as an e-reader will biodegrade.... never.
@@JulEnglefaris Books would biodegrade if exposed to the ideal conditions, so no guarantee that they would biodegrade. Also, what materials are the book made of. Books are not all that green either, the production of a book also produces pollution. Then there is the shipping and storage, the pollution the storage and store produce before it is purchased. The driving back and forth from home to the store. The ereaders can help reduce our carbon foot print in the long run if you read a lot of books. A quality ereader can last a long time, so it can overtime make up it's initial pollution over time. There is less waste produced when publishing and distribution of an ebook. Mostly just electricity.
Fantastic video very enjoyable
Thank you very much!
Great channel. I was looking for regular everyday people doing minimalism. You have a great personality. Keep up your videos. I just liked and subscribed.
Thank you so much, I will.
People who don't look after borrowed books are monsters!
keneticut accurate!
lol, digital is ALWAYS cheaper here in Germany. It's even cheaper than the used book stores I know (you may think digital purchases are cheap in Germany, no no no, physical books are just fucking expensive)
Stimmt? Schade. Do you buy all of your books digitally?
@@alexanderross5643 I am using the library (mostly digital) or I am buying cheap from eBay. I will never spend 25€ on a book I don't like again 😅. Only if there is a new release I know I will like I buy a new copy, for example Project Hail Mary this year
@@123witten Oh my 25 euros for a book!
Have you looked at book depository? I think they do world wide shipping and they’re quite cheap :) And they’ve definitely got at least some books in German