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- From: bear@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Bear Giles)
- Subject: Re: Social inhibitions to environmental change
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.020001.25443@colorado.edu>
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- Organization: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration / Boulder Labs
- References: <gate.q9wNVB1w165w@pil.UUCP> <1992Dec17.211706.15412@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:00:01 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.211706.15412@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> boylan@ljohub.enet.dec.com (Steve Boylan) writes:
- >
- >Ashley is correct in pointing out that the biggest current problem
- >wood products is clear-cut harvesting. Woodlots CAN be managed for
- >a sustained yield; it costs a bit more than clear-cutting in the
- >short term, but you get to cut the wood and sell it again a few years
- >later if you use sustainable harvesting! Much better long-term
- >yield . . .
-
- That was tried and it doesn't work.
-
- A company harvesting redwoods in California took extreme care to
- maintain their forest; they were held up as a shining example of an
- ecologically responsible extractive company.
-
- No good deed goes unpunished -- they were the victim of a hostile
- takeover. To pay off the debt, the new owners started clear-cutting
- the redwood forest.
-
- Final result: the company is bankrupt and the forest is basically
- trashed. The loggers are out of work. The lawyers and MBAs who
- forced this down the original owners' throats are looking for new
- yachts and vacation homes.
-
- Merry Christmas.
-
- (Yes, I know I'm on alt.pagan. Just remember the centerpiece of
- the Christmas celebration -- a chopped down tree!)
-
- --
- Bear Giles
- bear@fsl.noaa.gov/cs.colorado.edu
-