[Carry_Okie]

...across much of the West there is a gnawing sense that environmentalists have hurt a lot of underdogs in their lust for power.

As do the private, tax-exempt "charitable" foundations of major corporate stockholders, many of whom are invested in (drum roll please) competing sources of timber from overseas.

The environmentalists will "rediscover" forest stewardship once the competition is dead and the market has consolidated in the hands of moneyed interests. The rest of us will pay through the nose, especially on the interests on the loans to purchase goods requiring large amounts of raw material at inflated prices, particularly homes.

There is an alternative. It starts with private property.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

The environmentalists will "rediscover" forest stewardship once the competition is dead and the market has consolidated in the hands of moneyed interests. The rest of us will pay through the nose, especially on the interests on the loans to purchase goods requiring large amounts of raw material at inflated prices, particularly homes.

You need to read Thomas Sowell's "Basic Economics." Everything you're saying here is little more than sententious nonsense, with emotive catch-phrases thrown in for seasoning.

[little jeremiah]

The rural county I live in has one last sawmill, one small one closed a few months ago. Used to have lots and lots. More people used to be gainfully employed. It's a large county with lots and lots of trees.