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Originally Posted by ecomodded
... its a logging and pulp mill city, about as green as cancer.
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Isn't that another example of the hypocrisy? Why is it that a logging community is considered the antipathy of all things green? I grew up in a community with lots of logging and most everybody understood "sustainability" long before it became a buzword--forest management, not overlogging, etc. was considered plain old common sense, not because it was "green" but because it would make you more money in the long run.
My grandfather did a lot of fur trapping. Again, my most standards extremely anti-green. However, he always took the long-term view, watching the animal populations, etc. He trapped most areas for nearly 50 years and when he died there were just as many animals as when he started. How is that not "green"?
Same thing goes for your paper mills--aren't they much better than people using tins of plastic? I never did understand why stores switched from paper to plastic in the name of being green and saving trees. Hello? Trees grow back--plastic bags don't.
...getting off soapbox.