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E-Books vs. P-Books

I’m strongly contemplating getting a Kindle.  I have started reading a lot of books online and I have come to really like it.  Even though I enjoy reading a regular book, I always have a psychological block because I always see how much I have left to read.  With an e-book, this block is gone and I’m able to just enjoy the book.  Furthermore, I’m on a clutter-reduction kick.  This will put all of my books in one place and reduce the weight from hundreds (maybe 1000) of pounds of books to several ounces.  All of the benefits people describe for paper books are just not really there in my mind.  People say that e-books are not good for research.  I think, assuming that it is well indexed, etc. an e-book can be as good as a paper book.  There are others who think reading is an experience of picking up a book, turning the page, etc.  I think reading a book is about reading and I can accomplish that fine with a Kindle.
Paper books do, in my mind, have one thing over electronic books.  I have an emotional attachment to many of the books in my library and I’ll never part with them.  I was thinking of funding my Kindle with some of my books that I don’t need anymore but I’m going to have to be very careful about which books I get rid of.