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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: The Criterion for Ecocentrism
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.010122.28294@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
- References: <1992Nov2.165058.11576@vexcel.com> <1992Nov3.203220.5129@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Nov4.153341.29645@vexcel.com> <Bx7ED3.Gs9@cup.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 01:01:22 GMT
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- In article <Bx7ED3.Gs9@cup.hp.com> dhepner@cup.hp.com (Dan Hepner) writes:
- >From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- >>Just leaving the trees to rot is usually not a best economic use.
- >
- >In nearly all of the Rocky Mountain area, the costs associated with
- >timber sales nearly always exceed the cash generated. "Best economic
- >use" is to just let them rot. Usually.
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- Then we should be working to lower the costs of timber selling, and/or
- working to get a higher price for the timber. Business normally tries
- to liquidate inventory at a profit of course, but sometimes the best
- option is to take a small loss rather than just discard the merchandise
- and lose all it's value.
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- Gary
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