On Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at 03:08 AM, Jon.the.Wise wrote:
> I've been thinking about all the things that are going on around us,
> and a
> lot of those things bother me. There's tons of debate about whether or
> not
> the greenhouse effect is in fact happening, but most of the facts
> point to
> yes. We're obviously running out of fossil fuels. The US economy is in
> decline. Our forests are getting cut down all over the world every day
> for
> pulp to make paper, etc. And it doesn't seem like anybody cares. That
> is,
> the people that do don't really have the pull to make things happen,
> and the
> people that can make things happen are making too much money ruining
> our
> planet.
A quick comment about forests/paper: From what I hear, there US forest
is larger and in better condition now than ever. More trees, better
trees, better management. Think of trees as a crop that's planted,
nurtured, harvested, replanted.
Sure -- you can point to some ugly clearcuts and to desecration of holy
trees -- but by and large, there are more and better trees than ever.
And papermaking uses less nasty chemicals and makes less pollution than
ever.
The moral of the story -- we won't have to switch to plastic toilet
paper any time soon.
Jon Wennerberg
Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
Marquette, Michigan
(that's 'way up north)
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