On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:38:37 -0600 "Gig Giacona" wrote:


"R. Hubbell" wrote in message
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Look past the "market", move away the curtain and look what's really
behind it
if you have the capacity to do so. The planet is not inexhaustible,
unfortunately.


R. Hubbell


Name one thing, of which, the planet has ever run out. Trees can be
replanted and in a matter of years you can't tell they were ever gone.


The list is so long, if you want to know go to google.com and type extinct.

As for your tree theory, unfortunately you're wrong. New, fast grwoth trees
don't provide anywhere near the same quality of lumber that natural, old growth
does. For this reason more than a few companies have started to "mine" the
logs that became waterlogged during the boom time of logging. Those logs
sunk to the bottom of lakes (great lakes, et. al.) and fetch huge sums of
money for their high quality. Most are preserved perfectly.


We will not ever run out of oil. It will become more expensive but as it
does the motivation to create an alternative will increase


Depends on who you ask, never is a word to be used carefully. I don't think
many people actually care that we use up all the oil. The concern is what
the burning of hydrocarbons is doing to the atmosphere and to us. Check
out the rate of asthma in children in the L.A. basin. Tragic. So the
drive to produce alternates comes from people who really care. Check out
the Toyota Prius. They're selling like hotcakes even with high tariffs.


That is what an free market does. Left alone a free market will cause all
materials to be used for the most efficient use.


Dream on.


R. Hubbell