I am a native of timber country in sw Washington and grew up in a major lumber town...I honestly don't think patches of clear cuts look bad..I guess I don't see stumps but blackberries and other stuff. Clear cutting of douglas fir used to be taught as good forest practice in universities..I don't know if it still is...douglas fir apparently likes to start over from scratch. I am for laws that would require homes to be built with non-flammable stuff, except in certain areas where earthquake risk is higher than fire risk (like here). France won't allow buildings to be made out of wood any more...I am also for forbidding flammable roofing materials..no more cedar roofs...also I believe in growing hemp for paper and other stuff...makes beetter paper and saves the trees. I would encourage higher density of homes and make it easier for people to rent out parts of their homes..I sold real estate in Seattle and all these widows sitting in big houses that could have had mother in law apartments....

a couple things I do not get.....why we bury garbage...is that not a prescription for a plague somewhere down the road? and why we flush toilets rather than use some sort of inceneration..and then we drink the water...it astounds me..

and about wind energy..I am all for it..living on the banks of the Pacific Ocean. My boss said that they don't do it here because of birds...can't they put screens around the blades, like fans have?

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