- The predictions of the techno prophets in spite of the facts, the availability and use, if not abuse of paper in on the increase.Even as we preach about the conservation of forest, we cut trees to make paper. We recycle only to expand uses for paper in terms of cups, bags, wrapping products and it goes on and on.Newspaper, books, pamphlets all depend on the availability of paper. We file, we burn, we discard we pollute but paper remains the most suitable medium to write on, and it is still more economical than all competitive products.One solution is to plant trees for the sole purpose of harvesting for the production of paper, but land space is expensive and climate change is inevitable, and is food more needed than paper to educate about these consequences of the inevitable. We can’t do without paper, or food for that matter.What are we to do?
