There is also the question about what kind of forests. The statement about increased forestation is the US should be taken with more than "a grain" of salt. We clear-cut old growth forests and rain forest and replace that with "weed" trees. That is with trees that grow fast and have a life cycle of 10 years and can only be used for wood chips. While Harry's data may be "right", it obscures more than it reveals, and leads to the wrong conclusions.
Bruce Leier -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Kurtz Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 9:32 AM To: futurework-scribe.uwaterloo.ca Subject: Re: economics, sense of values, perception of truth Globally, I believe forests have declined since 1920. Harry is right, I think, about US forests. Steve HP: "Our forests are being destroyed." Every year since the mid 1920's, the annual Forestry wood count has gone up. Each year we have more wood than we had before. Our forests are not being destroyed. They have increasing steadily for 80 years. -- http://magma.ca/~gpco/ http://www.scientists4pr.org/ Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.--Kenneth Boulding
