tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post5711732508862812136..comments2024-02-29T13:58:50.507-06:00Comments on blogaway: Read It and Weep, a Book ReviewAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054205963916941320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-25994763989465415352008-01-07T21:11:00.000-06:002008-01-07T21:11:00.000-06:00Thanks for this! It was interesting reading the st...Thanks for this! It was interesting reading the story of the dreadful cutting down of that special tree again after some years. The Queen Charlottes are on my wish list of places to visit, right in my own province here, yet so far.<BR/><BR/>And of course the cutting down of vast ares of trees everywhere is disastrous for our climate as well, isn't it? All about consumption...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-13389932507684048222008-01-02T07:10:00.000-06:002008-01-02T07:10:00.000-06:00Thanks for reviewing this important book. I hope ...Thanks for reviewing this important book. I hope that you convince more people to read it and learn about these beautiful trees, our imperiled forests, and the urgent need to save them.pinenuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03252375994501208670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-89548035052226752152007-12-30T07:41:00.000-06:002007-12-30T07:41:00.000-06:00The stunning destruction of forests in North Ameri...The stunning destruction of forests in North America to fuel the mindless building of excessively large 'homes' in plasticized subdivisions played a large part in knocking me out of construction. <BR/><BR/>Taking dumpsters of construction waste to vast landfills, filled to overflowing with perfectly usable materials, destroyed and replaced with new, just so they could have a bigger kitchen their jobs gave them no time to use.<BR/><BR/>The environmental carnage has to be seen to be believed. And nobody cares. "I want a bigger house! I want more property value!"<BR/><BR/>When I started, during the heavy recession in the early '80s, we did necessary things for grateful people. This degenerated into wasteful frivolities for people with more money than brains.<BR/><BR/>This isn't just a Republican thing, either. <BR/><BR/>The US economy itself is based on consumption, as much as possible. <BR/><BR/>And the current economy has been based for the last 10 years on the 'housing boom', the collapse of which I'm witnessing with thinly disguised glee.Lenard Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024040745088769013noreply@blogger.com