Re: Wood Consumption in California

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                                        Date:     04-Nov-1994 12:06pm PDT
                                        From:     Jim T. Arnott
                                                  JARNOTT
                                        Dept:     PFC
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TO:  dsouth@Forestry.Auburn.EDU@SMTP@PFC

CC:  Mark Messmer                         ( MMESSMER )

Subject: Re: Wood consumption in California


On Nov. 3, David South wrote:
>This week I attended a "silviculture" meeting and thought I would pass on a
>bit of information.   I listened to a talk on "Concepts of Silviculture to
>Meet the Needs for the 21st Century" (By Ronald Stewart) and just about fell
>out of my chair when he gave us some information on wood use.  He said
>something like the following:
>
>California has 10% of the US population but consumes about 25% of the wood
>fiber.
>
>
>I had already suspected that Californians used more wood that the rest of us
>(US), but I guessed it was about double.  However, the above suggests they
>consume THREE TIMES AS MUCH WOOD FIBER PER CAPITA!!!   Even if they did
>reduce their consumption by 50%, they still would be using 50% more wood
>that the rest of us in America.
>
>With regards to resource conservation, we know that Californians can "talk
>the talk".
>But as a group, can they "walk the walk"??   We know they can "think
>globally" but can they "act locally"?  
>


David:

I would like to circulate to the net what Mark Messmer, a forest economist, and
colleague of mine here at the Pacific Forestry Centre, said in response to your
message:

'One must be quite careful when interpreting consumption stats. Consumption 
often includes industrial consumption. California has considerable fibre 
conversion capacity (paper mills, board mills, etc.) all of which likely 
"consume" large amounts of fibre. One would have to look at just exactly what 
forms this fibre is in, and how much of the different forms are in fact 
exported. The province of Alberta, has the highest "consumption" of ethylene 
in the world, but balance that against production and exports and you'll see 
what I mean.

Mark'

Jim Arnott
Research Scientist,
Pacific Forestry Centre,
506 West Burnside Road,
Victoria, B.C. V8Z 1M5
Canada
Tel:  +1 (604) 363-0701
Fax:  +1 (604) 363-0775
Internet:  jarnott@A1.PFC.Forestry.CA

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