[Gasification] Well Harmon, politicization of technology

[Harmon Seaver]

On Nov 16, 2007 7:04 AM, Paul Francesco <pfv at centurytel.net> wrote:
  Land grant acts and acts
> establishing Buearo of Land Management (Mines, Forests etc.) were held
> to be Trustees for the assets of a free people and charge with the duty
> of putting these lands to Highest and Best use (mining claims auctions,
> grazing rights actions, etc.)

     The law establishing the Nat'l Forests says "muliple use" not
"highest and best use". At this point, I think the highest and best
use of forests is to use them for a carbon sink to offset greenhouse
gases, and allow a select cut for lumber. And fortunately, most people
in the US are rapidly coming to a heightened awareness of the dangers
of global warming, and that logging and deforestation cause more emit
more greenhouse gases than do all the cars. Even just the act of
logging with heavy machinery causes a lot of CO2 to be released from
the soil.
     There are plenty of things that can be used for energy crops
other than mature trees, and the vast majority of them have far
greater yield per acre than do trees.

-- 
Harmon Seaver