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Article #63767Re: Clayoquot Poll
From: Stephen Samuel
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 09:24
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 09:24
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schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck) writes: >Stephen Samuel's "proof" that we are running out of trees relies on >anecdotal "evidence" that we only have 4 years left of 2nd growth and >15 years left of old growth ---- yet, he agrees that the Clayoquot has >at least 80 years worth of cutting. 15 years of cutting AT CURRENT WOOD VOLUMES. If you ignore Clayoquot, you can keep the current volumes, and then nuke 90% of the jobs in the logging industry while keeping the cut levels in Clayoquot. But yes, you're right. At your extreme, Fourty trees a year still keeps the loging industry alive -- Well, undead at least... -- -- Stephen Samuel (604)822-9248 samuel@cs.ubc.ca Only when the last fish is caught, the last river poisoned, the last tree cut- Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. (Cree prophesy)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,6f63e52872b16d4e X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-Thread: fb58e,6f63e52872b16d4e X-Google-Attributes: gidfb58e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-11-29 01:27:30 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!nigel.msen.com!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cs.ubc.ca!cheech.cs.ubc.ca!not-for-mail From: samuel@cs.ubc.ca (Stephen Samuel) Newsgroups: bc.general,talk.environment Subject: Re: Clayoquot Poll Date: 29 Nov 1993 01:24:00 -0800 Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2dcf3gINNald@cheech.cs.ubc.ca> References: <schuck.752424486@sfu.ca> <2brc97INNdn0@larry.cs.ubc.ca> <schuck.753348258@sfu.ca> <2corblINN183@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> <schuck.753934660@sfu.ca> <2crptiINNm3s@larry.cs.ubc.ca> <schuck.754080644@sfu.ca> <2d6o69INNov6@cheech.cs.ubc.ca> <schuck.754541629@sfu.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: cheech.cs.ubc.ca