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Re: A Week in Washington DC



Patrick Moore wrote:


> If you had ever built anything you might have a different attitude towards
> people who do build things.

Actually Patrick, as a carpenter for over 14 years, I've build many things, over 90%
of them from wood.  But now I've joined the ranks of thousands of other workers
who used to make their livings from wood products.  You see, we finally realized
that the emperor really isn't wearing any clothes, and that the appearance of
careful management is really only the careful management of appearances.  Oh,
you may hide behind "view corridors" and "forest science," but the best evidence of
our failure to manage our forests can be from airplanes or via sattellite
images--funny how little of those dark green patches are left anymore.


> I have lots of criticisms of the way in which
> the Forest Service is structured etc. but surely you must accept the fact
> that roads are necessary to do any kind of forestry.

Well, now that you mention it, there is helicopter logging, horse logging, etc.  Now
that we've built several million miles of logging roads, what say we leave the few
remaining roadless areas alone, eh?


> In conclusion, Mr.? Diamond, you should either face up to the fact that you
> need wood every day or you would die or you should tell us how you are
> going to survive without it.
> Cheers

This is really funny.  Kindly tell me how I would (wood) die without wood
products!!!???


"Only when the well is dry
do we know the worth of
water." (Ben Franklin)


B. Diamond




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