' As U.S. production of softwood lumber has declined, the consequence of overzealous restrictions on logging in federal lands, the homebuilding industry has become increasingly dependent upon Canadian lumber. Since Canadian producers are not subject to such overzealous restrictions, they can grow trees and sell lumber for much less than U.S. producers. '
Absolutely not the case, as anyone familiar with the BC Forest Practices Code can attest - we've had here fully as much of an assault by the envirovolk as anybody has ... some of the resulting rules and set-asides made sense, and some didn't, there is huge wasted effort in working to a focus on aesthetic appeal and on building road near creeks, for examples .... no question this industry has been whacked hard though, if any places in the US have been hit harder then i pity them, wouldn't wish that on anybody
We just have more timberland here than in any US state, land suited to nothing other than forestry, and communities entirely dependent on it .... there's other things they make in other places, and we have always bought from them, it works both ways
Anyway, this point is irrelevant to the central problem of the yellow pine lobby having control of US government, as that old slave-working land of theirs is almost entirely privately held by their corporations, and precious bloody few environmental regulations get applied on it, i betcha
The guy is right in his conclusions however, that it's a cash grab from US homebuilders and homebuyers as much as it's an attack on us .... teevee sees this clearly as well - #reply-17237061 |
