[Jewel]

I never really thought about it, but I guess it could go either way. I personally prefer pens. I like to write something down once and have it be permanent. Pencils just fade away too quickly.

[pt49]

Pencils fade, pens get lost and eventually stop working. I prefer a keyboard.

[Mick]

Amen brotha

[EviesEarth]

I wonder what the environmental impact is on the production of pens vs pencils? There are times when I prefer one to the other. I guess it just depends.

[Mick]

Originally Posted by tater03

You know I never really thought about it before but I would have to agree that pencils would be a lot better. But now that I write that what about what it takes to make the pencils? I would imagine that might effect the enviroment also.

Use Saw Dust!

[atula]

pencils are the better choice definitely but then they do fad e and it is not possible to always laminate your work...I think the usage of keyboard is then the best solutions...

[mollyL]

Keyboards are good, but I'm a bit set in my ways and need to write notes, journal, etc. Pencils are good for some things but not others, and are not good for legal documents.
There's always the idea of buying a nice pen (a nib on wood, the thickness up to you, but no ink inside) and a bottle of India Ink (or whatever ink is the best for the environment.) You dip it in the ink and write. You'd have to practice at not putting ink blots on the paper and you'd probably need a blotter to dry the ink, but hey, if it was good enough for the 18th century on back, it's good enough for me!

[atula]

I recently got myself a set of wooden pencils that are not made the usual way but the cover of the pencil is made out of the bark of neem tree...azadarichtica indica...
the pencils are really very good to look at at write well...so I have been writing few of my stuff with these beautiful pencils....

[chris1203]

I prefer pens, myself, but mostly I do not enjoy manually writing--AT ALL. The majority of the time, I type everything. Hey...maybe they will come up with a hand-held word processor soon.

[mtrent]

You know I never really thought about the pens nor the pencils that I use, but I do use a pen that has to have refills purchased for it.
This is really something to start considering....