Wood is one of the few renewable resources,
so there is no question about the need to
maintain forests. Most irreversible damage is done
now in third world countries, I don't think
interest rates have a big role to play there.
I hate to sound repetitive, but market/profit
system and the lack of alternative energy
will keep the destruction going.
Eva
> It's no newsflash, but to stop the clear-cutting of all the world's
> forests the interest rate must be kept below the sustainable yeild on
> the slowest growing forest. If the interest rate is too high it will pay
> more to clearcut and buy bonds than it would pay to manage the forest
> for sustainablity. High interest rates and corresponding high rates of
> return on investment are popular with investors, but high rates of
> return will always prevent stewardship of natural resources.
>
> I think we should consider how little future work there will be with no
> forests to maintain. And, even if we keep rates down and save the
> forest, won't automation and the use of durability and population
> stability make the number of paying jobs drop down to way too few?
>
> Isn't the most important work unpaid?
>
> Barry Brooks
> http://home.earthlink.net/~durable/
>
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