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Originally Posted by Frownland
Information is physical, and storing it indefinitely will likely contribute to a wider negative environmental impact than the one-time production of physical media.
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Yes, there's stuff like server upkeep power consumption. This will get greener as we change to cleaner and more sustainable power sources.
But all in all, the digital versions are here to stay. At least until the digital apocalypse comes. You could possibly make the argument that we should turn the servers off, produce only the bare minimum of what we need in terms of physical mediums and live a cleaner existence that way in the very long run, but it would seem unlikely and non-sensical