[smooth_remmy]

1. They use our land to plant a monoculture of pine trees. Zero biodiversity.

2. They use our roads for giant logging trucks that degrade the roads and endanger other drivers.

3. They use our air and our water for paper processing which emits TONS of deadly chemicals.

These publishers have blood on their hands. Force them to publish online only. Close the tree farms, close the paper mill. Convert the tree farms into public parks. Save Mother Earth!

[blackguardx]

How is it different than corn and wheat? All industrial farms are monocultures.

[smooth_remmy]

Corn and wheat are essential food items. There is no "digital alternative" to corn and wheat. No one should need to buy a physical book/newspaper in this day and age.

These wood pulp tree farms are producing luxury consumption items for the middle and upper class. Working class people don't read physical newspapers

[Nemo_bis]

> Working class people don't read physical newspapers

Sounds like something worth fixing. Expanding libraries is one way to do so.

Back in the day, the Communist Party of Italy had legions of volunteers engaged in teaching people how to read, distributing the party's newspaper. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Literacy_Campaign

[sloum]

Yes, and industrial farming is a known major problem that wreaks havoc on the environment and in the case of animal farming at an industrial scale commits horrible atrocities. So yes, you are right... it is not just pulp trees at issue.