How Big Oil Misled the Public into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled

Re:How Big Oil Misled the Public into Believing Plastic Woul... by ip26 on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:43PM (#24449639)

Recall that up until extremely recently- only a few decades ago- the nation was rapidly exhausting its timber supplies. It was not managed as a renewable resource.

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Re:How Big Oil Misled the Public into Believing Plastic Woul... by yostrovs on Saturday September 12, 2020 @07:52AM (#24451765)

That must have been around 1910, according to page 7 of this document: https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/library/brochures/docs/2012/Forest...

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Re:How Big Oil Misled the Public into Believing Plastic Woul... by ip26 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @10:10AM (#24452550)

I don't think that chart is describing actual canopy coverage or timber supply.

Since 1630, about 256 million acres of forest land have been converted to other uses—mainly agricultural. Nearly two-thirds of the net conversion to other uses...

It's a land area/land use statement. Clearcut scars in Forest Service land are, more than likely, still considered forest land.

The general fight I remember from the 80's-90's timeframe was over clearcutting old growth, mainly in the Pacific Northwest.

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