Kindle, the Green Movement, and the Death of the Printed Word?

I dont know how much greener Kindle is compared to traditional books. Afterall, its an electronic gadget, it consumes energy has plastic elements. We need the facts from a scientist before we can conclude kindle to be more green than paper books. Kindle replacing paper books? I for one dont beleive its possible, not in the near future in any case. Books are way too convinient and have an emotional value to many of us. Electronic books will also be costlier than paper books, so many countries will find it hard to adopt them.

I hadn't heard before of any correlation between the rise of the ebook and the green movement..after all,an ebook reader is still a piece of electronic technology,and I also haven't heard much praise yet for the recycling potential of them..we have had stories and information recorded in Paper book format going back hundreds of Years..The Kindle,though a useful tool for an avid reader,still has limitations-It's Fragile,it can't handle some of the commonly used ebook formats,it's tied to Amazon to source it's content,and the Kindle 2 doesn't have an expandable memory option like the original Kindle did..The Kindle's E-Ink technology mimics real paper to look at and read,and is easier on the eyes than a glowing e-screen,and it can hold hundreds of books worth of content if you want it to..but who needs hundreds of books to hand? (Librarians put your hands down..!) I could see petrochemical plastics not being around sooner than Paper going the way of the Dodo..I think I'd like a versatile ebook reading device,but for the price,the Kindle's not it...