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 ===Alternative Materials=== ===Alternative Materials===
  
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 When it comes to longevity paper is already a pretty solid choice. With the right archival conditions or a bit of luck, books, scrolls etc are already some of humanity's longest lasting stores of data. But what about books intended for hard-wearing, damaging circumstances? Books intended to be read and reread, taken into rough conditions, or - most damaging of all - intended to be read and played with by babies and very small children? When it comes to longevity paper is already a pretty solid choice. With the right archival conditions or a bit of luck, books, scrolls etc are already some of humanity's longest lasting stores of data. But what about books intended for hard-wearing, damaging circumstances? Books intended to be read and reread, taken into rough conditions, or - most damaging of all - intended to be read and played with by babies and very small children?
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 These materials are already used to make children's books, hiking/trail maps, and other hard wearing printed products such as banners. Perhaps a solarpunk society would see fit to extend these techniques to common library books in order to ensure they last a long time.  These materials are already used to make children's books, hiking/trail maps, and other hard wearing printed products such as banners. Perhaps a solarpunk society would see fit to extend these techniques to common library books in order to ensure they last a long time. 
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 +Books printed on synthetic flashspun high-density polyethylene materials would be difficult to damage. They would be waterproof (and in fact could be washed with soap and water to clean away dirt or other stains). Their pages would would be hard to crumple or tear, and they would be quite safe from mold and insects. After enough use they might suffer damage to their spines or cover necessitating work by a bookbinder but if they were [[https://www.penrosepress.ca/blogs/nerd-time/nerd-time-with-brianna-pretty-perfect-paperback-binding|sewn in signatures as well as glued]] even a paperback would be hard to rip apart. The experience of reading, carrying, and traveling with a book might feel different if they were often this resilient.