Re: [ecopath] Just what is the right choice?

[Don Bowen]

>Would wood prices be higher if timber sales were not subsidized? If wood
>prices are higher, then house prices are higher. Housebuilding employs a
>large workforce. Houses being built are way too big but until our society
>changes its values we will continue to see the presently popular mansion
>houses.

There would be a very small increase in new house prices if the price of 
wood jumped.  All the framing in a house comes to less than 15% of the 
total cost.  What is driving the price of houses are land costs and the 
demand for bigger houses.

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