Pumps' Perplexities

Yep, years ago, there was only one telephone in the house.....
And once a year you got one "white" telephone book and
one "yellow" book....Those were the simple days......

Now in 2007 very few have only one telephone.......Because
there is the household wireless phone, then the pocket
cell phone and lately the "internet" telephone......

Also you may have a "local white" telephone book along
with an "area white" telephone book.......But what is
really getting me is the two "yellow" telephone books.....
You get one from your own telephone company, which
here in Jabunyaville is 2-1/2 inches thick......Then there
is the second book which is 2 inches thick......

Both books have the same information, telephone
numbers and advertisements......Both have pages and
pages of the same doctors and lawyers......

If everybody is worried about the environment why do
we need more waste of paper pulp in duplication?........
With everyone advertising on TV, Internet and what is
left of the newspapers, why two "yellow" telephone
books?.......

So how much energy can be saved in the manufacturing
and printing of only one "yellow" telephone book, in the
United States?.......I suspect a lot........Pumps