Well said Erwin Al! I cannot speak to timber sales (though redwood may be an instructive case study), but there are examples when individuals have given up favored products for social values (the table grape boycott from the late 60s and early 70s is such a case, the preasure not to wear furs, though more militant, may be another). I think that most raw wood is not purchased by individuals, rather it is corporations that purchase it and they consider different values than individuals. I would guess that most Americans know nothing about the source of the wood that they buy (and probably very little about what species it is). Why this change? Jim Palmer I have been interested to note that there was a _very_ large amount of tropical hardwood used in outdoor applications (e.g. garden posts) in The Netherlands, but that seems to be changing very rapidly in favor of recycled plastic materials as wood substitutes. I do not have any figures, it is only a matter of observation.
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