Thoughts of a Flying Sheep

Now, here's a good idea. Invisible Ink, that is, ink that can be removed by heating, to make paper more re-usable.

This is a good thought, but I don't think it's going to have much of an effect. We tend to think of paper as disposable anyways, and it's going to take a change in that mindset, rather then a technological advance, to get us to use paper more wisely. As the article points out, only 60% of used paper is recycled (in Japan) today.

Considering that most people don't even write on both sides of a piece of paper anyways, this invention is neat, but won't really help the paper waste situation.

posted by FlyingSheep @ 10:12 AM