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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 18:34:47 GMT, "Bluesea"
wrote: "JimL" wrote in message . com... Just an idle muse question. The packages of paper cut and punched for three-ring notebook binders for school children (and old children like me, gathering cheap scratch paper in the back to school sales). -- The pages are lined, and one of the two sizes of lines is labelled as "college ruled." Why is that? Is ther an assumption that, by the time one hiots college, that our handwriting will become smaller? .... I dunno 'bout the rest of what you posted but, college rule cramps my style and I've only bought it when desperate which is like, never, after my first package. I agree about "college ruled" paper. I used to always get it, and was glad when I first discovered it, which was either late in high school or right around when I started college, ironically. I liked that I could fit a lot more stuff on one page then. As I've gotten older my eyes have too. I can't see well enough to make good use of the "college ruled" paper anymore. The space between the lines is now too small. I also find that it's a bother to try and write in that small space. So I have a problem writing in it and I have a problem reading what's written in it. I figure that I do not need the great savings conferred by getting more lines on a page, and the wide ruled paper seems to be cheaper anyway. As opposed to my younger self, I now avoid "college ruled" paper, much the same way as I avoid fine tips on pens. |
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"JimL" wrote in message om... I never understood this concept of "saving trees." Like any farm crop, harvest them, plant more. Therein lies the problem: Not everyone who harvests trees are planting more to replace those they've cut down. We can stand a certain amount of non-replenishment, but ecologists say not to the extent that has been going on. Not only is the land denuded allowing erosion, but also the quality of air is affected because the leaves which acted as natural air filters are gone. IIRC, climate is affected also, but I don't remember how that worked. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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"Bluesea" wrote in message ... Therein lies the problem: Not everyone who harvests trees are planting more to replace those they've cut down. and those trees don't grow to harvest size in 5 or 10 years. They need decades. It's rate of harvest vs. rate of regrowth. my part of the world - there will be no regrowth until we kill ourselves off and the plants take over again. 's all concrete here. |
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Bluesea wrote:
"JimL" wrote in message om... I never understood this concept of "saving trees." Like any farm crop, harvest them, plant more. Therein lies the problem: Not everyone who harvests trees are planting more to replace those they've cut down. We can stand a certain amount of non-replenishment, but ecologists say not to the extent that has been going on. Not only is the land denuded allowing erosion, but also the quality of air is affected because the leaves which acted as natural air filters are gone. IIRC, climate is affected also, but I don't remember how that worked. Actually, the pulp wood (used to make paper) producers do plant new trees. They are typically pine, grown on large farms, and regrow rapidly. I'm no expert on the relative "greenness" of recycling paper vs. making new paper from trees, but the harvesting and regrowth of trees is not the issue. The clear cutting that is not replanted is usually either land clearing (rain forest countries) or hard woods for lumber and materials used in fabrication. |
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http://www.tappi.org/paperu/all_abou...paperClips.htm
Scroll down: yes trees can be planted and harvested gary |
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"KCat" wrote in message . .. [SNIP] and those trees don't grow to harvest size in 5 or 10 years. They need decades. It's rate of harvest vs. rate of regrowth. my part of the world - there will be no regrowth until we kill ourselves off and the plants take over again. 's all concrete here. But KCat, in Sweden, they have very successfully harvested trees for furniture and paper making. I don't know what the turn around planting time is but I see that the harvesting is mechanised. I wonder if it is all for IKEA. -- Best regards, Free Citizen Fountain Pen Network A pen site run by the Pen Community http://pagesperso.laposte.net/fpnet |
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