I don't see the big deal about Kindles and Nooks. I mean people say oh well I like to have so many books on hand but seriously when would you ever need like 50 books right on hand?

Like if I go on a plane or a long drive and I want to take a book with me I'll take one or two I don't need a kindle just in case I want 50 books I won't read.

I dunno I just like having a physical copy of something.

I also like physical copies better, but if are going to travel its nice to have a wide variety at hand.

Sounds like you have never used an e-reader before. I can not think of any reason why you would feel that you would prefer a physical copy. First off reading hard copies is a pain in the ass for any new releases. Second, you can hold a e-reader in 1 hand and flip the pages with the same hand.

you also produce tons of industrial waste and megawatts of redundant power usage

if the matter is waste then I guess u could make a case about physical copy too cuz it will eventually result in waste and the form of production is not nature friendly, but I guess this is not the point of the discussion.