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love_katz

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8. It doesn't really matter.

Wed Jul 31, 2013, 11:19 PM

Jul 2013

Trees take many human life-times to grow, let alone reach 'maturity'. Do we short-lived beings really understand the life of a tree?

Hemp could provide us with plenty of paper, fiber for clothing and rope, and it could easily do this in a very short time.

Bamboo also could be planted and used...grows much faster, and is supposed to sequester many times more carbon than a regular forest...and we could leave the current forests standing.

But, that would not line the pockets of the wealthy and powerful.

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Congress Eyes Plan To Ramp Up Oregon Timber Harvest [View all] NewThinkingChance40 Jul 2013 OP

Leave the trees and grow hemp instead, would create jobs The Straight Story Jul 2013 #1

I agree with Straight Story... love_katz Jul 2013 #2

I often have wondered at the ignorance of our government in such things The Straight Story Jul 2013 #3

Follow the money... love_katz Jul 2013 #4

Ya know, it's funny The Straight Story Jul 2013 #5

That's always what it is about... love_katz Jul 2013 #7

The question is mick063 Jul 2013 #6

It doesn't really matter. love_katz Jul 2013 #8

This could be a good thing or a bad thing, depends on the specifics and implementation PufPuf23 Aug 2013 #9

Good find and worth looking at The Straight Story Aug 2013 #10

You are welcome! More like interesting article and easy search from my life experience. PufPuf23 Aug 2013 #11