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To: elmatador who wrote (17464)	3/28/2002 5:37:03 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>Britain has shared in this unexpected trend, and seen agriculture-led growth for the first time since the early eighteen century.” The Economist, Oct. 3, 1987 << So, Elmat, any other news? BTW, If I remember right, 1987 was the year I bought myself an 18kb USR modem to download faster from Online Canada; >>According to Swedish expert Peter Weer Bugge a pulp mill prducing 500.000 tonnes a year requires 80.000 Ha in Brazil. A similar mill needs 500.00 Ha in Scandinavia, and a 1.6 million in British Columbia. This is because the trees most suitable for paper << Note that European Union recycled 38.8% in 90, 48.7% in 99 and is committed to 56% in 2005. That's 48 Mio tons, folks. Note also that no poplar or Eucaliptus can match a sitka spruce or a Douglas fir, when it cumes to lumber. And the slower they grow, the better they get. Of course if you cut them up in 2x4s and cover them with plastic natural-stone platings, you will not be able to see their beauty (sg). dj