AVR-Chat

On Nov 28, 2007, at 9:16 AM, Tom Becker wrote:

>> ... while it kills trees, when starting a new project I print...
>
> So it's _you_!  I've been wondering who is using all that paper.
>
> [Actually, paper pulp is a commodity that is mostly a _by-product_ of
> the construction industry, which gets the good stuff - or it is made
> from trees that are grown specifically to be harvested for paper - of
> which there is no shortage. The paper industry plants more trees  
> than it
> uses by an order - and that has been so for 100 years.
> http://www.tappi.org/paperu/all_about_paper/paperClips.htm ] If you  
> need
> to feel bad, worry about something else, like asteroids.

I don't feel bad about it at all (says one who parks a Prius in his  
garage next to a Porsche 928S and two KTM dirtbikes).

My dirtbike club rents 5,000 acres from a paper company for our  
members to ride. We get a place to ride. We pay *them* to let us  
police the property, and build and maintain trails which would be  
critical in the event of a fire. Everyone wins. Use more paper!

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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