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- From: markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr)
- Subject: Re: Social inhibitions to environmental change
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.182202.22376@radian.uucp>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:22:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.020001.25443@colorado.edu> bear@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Bear Giles) writes:
- >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!)
- >
- Which just goes to show the wonders of unfettered capitalism. I'd like
- to see laws preventing takeovers that put the company being taken over
- into debt to finance the takeover.
-
- mark
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