"Bob Weinberger" wrote in
:


"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
. 1.4...
rw wrote in
:
SNIP
In addition, I'm not sure that Natural resource use is directly
related to population growth in the US in this global economy. Think
about how much of our forests get exported. You might be able to
better link natural resource use and world population, but it might
not make that much of a difference where the people are actually
located.
SNIP

Scott

Actually we are importing 30-40% of the wood products we use, while
exporting less than 8.25% of the wood we harvest, despite the fact
that total growth of wood in our forests exceeds our total current
usage.


--
Bob Weinberger
Forest Management Consulting





I stand corrected!

Just out of curiosity, how much of that exported wood is raw lumber, vs
processed lumber (like furniture or some such)? I assume most of the
imports are processed.

Scott