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Newspapers: what will we do without them?

Asked by Jeruba (55824points) June 2nd, 2009

We take them for granted. But they are disappearing cataclysmically, just like Stegosaurus and T. Rex, to our great loss. (And I think we are going to be really, really, really sorry one day before too long.)

Aside from all the ways that we value newspapers for their own sake, how about all the other things we use newspaper for? What will we use in its place when the presses stop? Will we buy sheets of plain newsprint for household purposes? Will we pay someone to deliver blank rolls of paper to our homes every morning? Will the little old ladies with houses full of old newspapers suddenly have a corner on the market?

What are all the things you use newspapers for besides reading their content, and what will take their place?

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