We should abandon the practice of printing books and resort to using E-books

Counter RebbutalsCon is deliberately forgetting the fact that while individually, books are light, mutliple books together are heavy and inconvinient.Yes, I agree carrying more than one textbook is a strain, however the only place we are needed to carry around textbooks is in school. Con has made a point about heavy backpacks causing spinal deformities in elementary schools. His source was the dailymailUK which is an unreliable and biased website who blow everything out of proportion in order to get more ratings. The main concern in kids having "spinal deformities" which is a fancy word for imbalanced postures is Playing too many video games, watching TV, playing on mobile phones and tabloids, and sure, carrying around textbooks for 7 hours. Once we switch to E-readers kids will be spending even more time bobbing there heads out. You might think, reading from books and E-readers are the same thing. However they are not, books can be bent and twisted and they can be taken into bean-bags and other seats. with E-readers you have buttons and touch-screen functions which restrict how you can hold and read them. -This is a huge understatement the weight of books are definitely a serious concern in modern day societySo con has made this argument by stating that heavy books are the cause of spinal deformities in children, and that I do not know about this subject because I am homeschooled. He has provided a biased and unreliable source, the DailymailUK itself doesnt provide any reliable sources simply stating that "experts say" and "Studies show" The main cause in "spinal deformities" AKA poor posture, is from playing tabloid and mobile phone video games, and watching too much TV, sure heavy rucksacks are part of the problem however not the root of it. Another study done by DailymailUK:http://www.dailymail.co.uk...Also states that back posture is coming from heavy rucksacks, video games, and too much TV. and they go on to say: Don't drive your child to school, as their walk forms an important part of their daily exercise regimeMr Saunders also criticised physical education classes. "People are having to play football, or jump on and off boxes and climb ropes. If t'ai chi or yoga was introduced, I think it would make a massive difference. We know children today are far more stressed than 20 years ago, and something like this would really help them.îSo, they contradict themselves and say HEY LET THEM WALK TO SCHOOL! IT'LL GIVE YOUR KIDS EXERCISE after complaining about the weight they are bearing.and they have also completely solved this epidemic by getting a Yoga instructors opinion. Which goes to show how un-informed and pretentious the DailymailUK really is.I proved this wrong in my above statement about elementary students having damaged spines.No, most kids do not get hearttacks from lugging their books. but if they didnt have to lug their books due to E-books , doesnt that prove that its more convinientAlright so the past four rebbutals Pro has made aren't proper Rebbutals, he is simply dissecting my Whole point which was that Books are not a great deal heavier. Repeating himself multiple times and making the above two Rebbutals which are not even valid arguments and dont make a whole lot of sense. He has simply repeated himself without contemplating my argument.Con has made a statement that is false, if my suggested E-reading policy was enforced all E-readers would most likely have highlighting functions.So pro is quite fond of throwing predictions out there and claiming them to be the exact counter to my point. Apple devices, androids and Laptops have highlighting functions. This means that all schools will need to provide the above for their students, which are not exclusive E-books. Many kids can take advantage of these Electronic Consoles and play video games instead. I ask you this question. Can all printed books be highlighted? YES! Can all E-readers Highlight text and make notes? NO! the ones that can have many other leisure features which include Games, Wifi, Social Networking etc. Does a printed book have Social network? No. it does not.Con Fails to contemplate on the future if my suggested policy were to be enforcedit is likely that all E-readers would have backlightsSo pro again goes on to predict the future, and then makes a point stating that I refuse to contemplate the future if the policy were enforced, anyone can make a prediction about the future and my prediction is that Electronics companies would take advantage of us, and that E-readers are a luxury which is not affordable in rural parts of the world. yes I do agree E-readers would come with backlights if pro's policy were to be enforced and I also predict that this would increase the price of the E-readers. The http://www.amazon.com...Kindle paperwhite is currently the only kindle which has backlights and also comes in at a whopping 120dollars. People in rural parts of the world cannot afford to pay money for this especially not in a family full of kids. it's much easier for them to buy used books in their local communities. http://appleinsider.com...Most people dont use E-readers, they would bring one rather than a book, a good example is our good friend Micah he brought his book on several campouts we've been to.So Pro has refuted himself in this statement, Correct he does bring his book with him, Micah's family owns an Ipad and he brings a book with him instead. I'm not sure where Pro was going with this point but he has refuted himself. I did not say abolishing printing books will reduce deforestation, but that it will reduce paper production. by printing books we are needlessly wasting woodSo here con insists that he argued that we are just wasting trees needlessly this is a flat out lie, 2 arguments ago he was arguing how many people his %7 reduction would support. I will quote from his argument:The "7%" that Con mentioned potentially could've supported 75,329,215 people!Yes, but we would ship less E-readers than we have shipped books.When this policy is introduced Billions of e-readers will have to be shipped out because every single person who wants to read will require this retardation in order to read the local newspaper. not only this but Of course electronics companies will update and create new models for their E-readers which of course means More shipping, and more money being wasted on E-readers. It is a completely broken cycle that we can already see happening in the elctronics industry today.No prediction can be backed up by evidence.This is a completely contradictory statement made by pro. A huge portion of his arguments have been made up of predictions. such as:It is likely all E-readers will have backlightsWireless charging will likely advanceAccording to the law of supply and demand they will likely reduce by 95%It will likely increase capitol which means more income for societythis would encourage more solar panels to be installed.Im sure there are others but these are off the top of my head. apparently con is blind. in round 2 I presented a graph that explain howThe more demand a product has, the more prices drop.Computers prices went up because more people are buying tablets and mobile phones.Yes, so pro has provided us with a graph showing the law of supply and demand. and has stated that the reason tv's are getting more expensive is because of the demand on Tabloids. Let me remind you that the law of supply is a very broad law, and obviously there are many variables in it which can take place.http://www.tgdaily.com...the above website is stating how demand for tablets are on the rise! and I'd like to point out that so is the price. Ipads are getting more and more expensive by the model. Now of course they drop over time but is this because the demand for outdated ipads increases? nope. There is a marketing stradegy which involves dropping the price of a product to try and increase the demand. I am very unfamiliar with economics unfortunately but I will try to use the graph below as a referance. So, using this as a referance, and also applying the law of supply and demand, the ipad is dropping month after month because of a demand increase? I dont think that is quite right. If you look at the image it shows the statistic for the decrease in price after the Ipad 3 rumors came out. All of a sudden people hear about this brand new model3. and the Demand for Ipad 2 increases exponentially!obviously there are many variables apply to the law of supply and demand which pro has not clarified on. thus making his argument invalid.Pro has not supplied a diagram about how it would apply to eletronics or a product in similar circumstances as I pointed out in round 4.Con deliberately ignores the fact that ELECTRICITY IS A MORE ABUNDANT RESOURCE THAN WOOD. Electricity is harvested mainly from Non-renewable resources. As you can see we are currently getting 0.1% of electricty from our Sun. This is because Solar Energy electricty is an incredibly expensive process. Our main consumption from electricity is from NON-RENEWABLE sources. this means they are gone for good. Woodpulp is a very renewable source. Most books come from trees which are planted for that exact purpose. I'd like to thank pro for debating with me, I had a good time and learned a lot.I'd like to state that I was not arguing that books are better than E-books as Pro was. simply that the perks E-readers and E-books have to offer are not significant enough to actually contemplate putting this policy in effect. Books are damaging the earth in a very small way, and that Pro's points of arguments can be applied to many other consumptions we have which are much more pressing.Thank you