Bob's rant is the LC community equivalent of "old man shakes fist at the clouds".  

Your revival approach works for you. Great!  It isn't for everyone.  We know we can get the info on the internet but many people like it organized and easily found. A few keystrokes can be equivalent to the locating a word on a TOC or an index then flipping to the relevant page.

I like trying to save trees. Good for us that you mention it.  But much paper that is made today is from recycled or repurposed materials.