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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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 Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:18 am Post subject: 74,535 Trees to Make iPhone Service Bills |
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74,535 trees, on average 
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A cord of wood is approximately 8 feet wide, 4 feet deep, and 4 feet high. A cord of air-dried, dense hardwood (oak, hickory, etc.) weighs roughly 2 tons, about 15-20 percent of which is water. It has been estimated that one cord of this wood will yield one of these approximate quantities of products:
� 1,000-2,000 pounds of paper (depending on the process)
� 942 100-page, hard-cover books
� 61,370 No. 10 business envelopes
� 4,384,000 commemorative-sized postage stamps
� 460,000 personal checks
� 1,200 copies of National Geographic
� 2,700 copies of an average daily newspaper |
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On a realeted subject, here is a video of a woman who got a 300 page iPhone bill
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:17 am Post subject: |
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50-page bills. Craziness.
I'd love to give an iPhone to my grandparents and watch them try to figure it out without any help. And then give them the 50-page bill. It would make a terrific YouTube video if a monkey was also in the scene, throwing sh[i]t. |
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browneyedgirl
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: 74,535 Trees to Make iPhone Service Bills |
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| I guess I'll never get one. |
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charlieDD
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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I would imagine the average iPhone owner is a pretty tech-savvy individual and does as I do: get electronic "paperless" billing. I haven't received a paper bill for anything in years. I'm completely paperless with everything - - utilities, insurance, banking, credit/debit cards, -- you name it.
So, I doubt you can take the number of phones sold and simply assume that all those owners are getting hard copy bills on paper. |
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tigerbluekitty
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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| Apple destroys the environment. I always knew. |
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