A lot of wood pulp goes into the production of newsprint. The problem resides in the public's refusal to read a newspaper.
Growing up in the Deep South I would see pulpwood trucks coming and going in all directions, all the time. And STILL the region is covered in trees. It's almost as though new trees grow to replace the ones cut down by lumberjacks. Someone should notify the bureaucrats.
newspaper is useful for birdcages (I've heard) and also back in the days of olden, my mom used to peel potatoes and carrots etc and shove the peelings on the paper next to her cutting board. I used to use newspaper to draft patterns for clothing, it makes a decent drop cloth, great in the garage under the cars.
Thank you Bill. Excellent article with educational statistics. I will add another tidbit:
In med school in the late 1970s, in preparation for a precipitous home delivery we reviewed the old canard about “Get some newspapers and boil some water.” Turns out - not such bad advice. By virtue of the production process, newspaper is (for the most part!) sterile. We tested that datum in our microbiology class. The drinking fountain outside of our classroom grew pathogenic E. Coli and serratia on our agar plates…the newspaper swabs? No growth! And considering the tone of contemporary politics, don’t underestimate how convenient newspaper is when you want to leave a horse’s head on someone’s pillow.
A lot of wood pulp goes into the production of newsprint. The problem resides in the public's refusal to read a newspaper.
Growing up in the Deep South I would see pulpwood trucks coming and going in all directions, all the time. And STILL the region is covered in trees. It's almost as though new trees grow to replace the ones cut down by lumberjacks. Someone should notify the bureaucrats.
newspaper is useful for birdcages (I've heard) and also back in the days of olden, my mom used to peel potatoes and carrots etc and shove the peelings on the paper next to her cutting board. I used to use newspaper to draft patterns for clothing, it makes a decent drop cloth, great in the garage under the cars.
Never ever pay for newspapers though.
And what about as a "Hoover blanket"? There will probably be a lot more newsprint blankets in America's future.
Thank you Bill. Excellent article with educational statistics. I will add another tidbit:
In med school in the late 1970s, in preparation for a precipitous home delivery we reviewed the old canard about “Get some newspapers and boil some water.” Turns out - not such bad advice. By virtue of the production process, newspaper is (for the most part!) sterile. We tested that datum in our microbiology class. The drinking fountain outside of our classroom grew pathogenic E. Coli and serratia on our agar plates…the newspaper swabs? No growth! And considering the tone of contemporary politics, don’t underestimate how convenient newspaper is when you want to leave a horse’s head on someone’s pillow.
fascinating!