Nelson Wong wrote: > Second question, take away the paper & pulp, what do you get? No books, > magazines, newspapers. Meaning no 'Times, The Boston Globe, Wall Street > Jounal, Newsweek, PC World, Bibles, Reader Digest, Playboy, Nikkei, > etc....also no libraries! > > If the wood-chipping industry in the USA is not 'green' enough, why not > import the wood-chips from, say, Canada, New Zealand, Chile, Sweden, > etc... I am sure their forest management could easily rival the USA. So > what's the problem? Forest pests & diseases. Now really? > > So what are the solutions? Fibre, hemp, grass??? Are these the > solutions? Can they meet the demands, specifications, price level, of > the industry? I wonder. Reduced consumption, recyling, and alternative fibers (hemp and kenaf make wonderful paper) are all viable options--and all are options that mean less profit for the wood products industry. You make it sound as if these innocent capitalists begrudgingly invest millions in new chip mills, not to benefit themselves, but to help society. Give me a break! > You know what you need in the USA? Environmental organisations with > their own respectable team of researchers, technologists, business > strategists, who can talk & communicate with the business world. The > business world welcomes solutions, not loud mouths! How do you define "respectable," Nelson? so-called scientists whose research justifies current cut levels? And why do we need to "talk to and communicate to the business world"? The business world is only interested in making a buck, and the best way to "communicate" with them is where we spend our dollars. Of course this might explain the millions of dollars spent anually by the wood products industry on lobbyists, advertising, and funding forestry schools in an effort to fool the public into believig that our forests are being managed sustainably and wisely. "We should never forget that there will always be more profit in exploiting the environment than in restoring it; and on the day the converse becomes true, it will be too late." BD
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