Barry wrote (see below the line):
Timber quantity in the US has increased most of this century from a low
point in the mid twenties. You must look to the third world for the problem.
And there the problem is not loss of timber, but poverty.
And looking even deeper, you will come across monopolistic land tenure.
Harry
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At 11:15 AM 1/19/1998 -0800, Barry Brooks wrote:
>Futurework,
>
>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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