Here’s are a few items for thought. They originally appeared in a post a week or so ago, but were buried near the bottom of the post. In hindsight, they are pretty interesting quotes. So, here they are again.

“Ink is actually one of the most costly substances on earth — if you were to fill up your car with ink instead of gas, it would cost $150,000 to fill up your car.”

“It certainly feels that way (expensive) when I go round to Office Depot or wherever and end up spending $25 for a little package of ink that’s no bigger than a cigarette packet.”

“Printers are sold relatively cheaply, but the consumer is then stuck buying ink at the equivalent of $2,000 a liter.”

“If everybody used Greenprint it would save somewhere between 20 and 30 million trees a year. Billions of tons of CO2, if it was on every computer, it would be the equivalent of taking millions of cars off the road annually.”

We all know printer ink is expensive, but it has become somewhat of a necessity in our lives. Our best hope is to get someone to pay for our ink for us. Our second best hope is to research the alternatives. There are alternatives to buying the expensive manufacturer brand cartridges. If you have not already, take a minute to check them out.

Thanks to our friends at Greenprint for their thoughts.