Re: WIRED ARTICLE ON JULIAN SIMON by ED REGIS

From: Ray Peck (rpeck@PureAtria.COM)
Date: Sun Feb 09 1997 - 13:45:21 MST


Regina Pancake writes:
>
>>
>>This is incorrect. The old growth forests in BC, Canada (e.g., those
>>on Vancouver Island) are being pulped for daily newspapers.
>
>so I should rephase that,
>American bussiness whouldn't do that. socialist would. go figure...

There are many government-owned forests in the US whose trees are sold
AT A LOSS to logging firms. Why? The Forest Service's budget is
based on the number of trees sold, not the net income. They spend
more on (moron?) building logging roads than they get from tree sales.



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