[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Michael Kraemer]

Neil Rieck schrieb:

> Us too. As soon as electronic docs were available on CD-ROM (IIRC this
> was 1998-1999) we stopped the paper docs. It was better for us (cuz
> the stuff was searchable) and better for the planet.

Is there any evidence that usage of (recycling) paper does
more damage to the planet at the bottom line than production
(and disposal) of equivalent electronic devices?
As far as I remember the production of an ordinary PC
requires about a metric ton of raw material and quite
a bit of energy. And it is thrown away after three years.
Even recycling that stuff costs energy
and requires poisonous chemicals.
And all this should be more ecological than a few hundred
sheets of paper? Hard to believe.