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- From: jim@doink.b23b.ingr.com (James B. Reed)
- Subject: Re: Christmas tree alternative?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.190036.17126@infonode.ingr.com>
- Sender: jim@doink (James B. Reed)
- Reply-To: jimreed@b23b.b23b.ingr.com
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- References: <1992Nov17.161528.28937@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:00:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.161528.28937@cbnewse.cb.att.com>, pwyc@cbnewse.cb.att.com (peter.w.chen) writes:
- |> I don't understand the argument that "it'll be cut down anyway". It was cut
- |> down because the X tree speculators anticipated demand for it. If there was
- |> no demand, it would not have been cut down.
-
- Actually, if there was no demand, it would not have been planted in the
- first place. The vast majority of Christmas trees purchased in the U.S.
- are grown on Christmas Tree Farms, not harvested from "the wild".
-
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