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Originally Posted by Triple-H,Mar 12 2009, 09:28 AM
I have been in the printing industry since 1982, you and I have a very different perception. Even if I were to take the paper/tree thing out of the equasion (mind you those trees don't just jump out of the ground, walk to the paper mills, and make themselves into pulp by themselves) but the chemicals and exhaust waste alone involved in the printing process is enough to rejoice over a few plants closing down.
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Originally Posted by zzziippyyy,Mar 12 2009, 01:51 PM
Im so used to real time internet news now that I abhor newspapers although they are good for when you paint to cover the floor. 
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We live in B.C. Canada where the forest industry is the backbone of the provincial economy. A great deal of lumber is manufactured here which in turn produces a lot of wood chips as a by-product. The wood fibre is used to make pulp for paper making. The slow economy has greatly reduced the demand for wood products and paper and as electronic technology replaces printed material this further reduces the demand for paper.
The forest industry in southern B.C. is also affected by a pest called the Mountain Pine Beetle. It has devastated 13.5 million hectares (33.4 million acres) of pine forest so far and shows no signs of stopping. Scientists believe that the Pine beetle could infest all of North America and only halt when it killed all of the pine trees. It already has a presence in 12 western American States and Mexico. So if this continues and wood fibre supplies are greatly reduced and cost of paper rises, newspapers will become less viable than they are now.
Most of the news can be found online and sometimes in more depth but it is the local reporters of both TV and print that dig up the news pertaining to our region and both media types are under siege and might not survive for much longer. So who is going to hire the reporters and journalists to investigate local news?
There are many small news items in the morning paper that do not make it to the electronic media but give a sense of familiarity and community to our town. Personally my wife and I read the morning paper almost everyday and would certainly miss the routine.
The forest industry in southern B.C. is also affected by a pest called the Mountain Pine Beetle. It has devastated 13.5 million hectares (33.4 million acres) of pine forest so far and shows no signs of stopping. Scientists believe that the Pine beetle could infest all of North America and only halt when it killed all of the pine trees. It already has a presence in 12 western American States and Mexico. So if this continues and wood fibre supplies are greatly reduced and cost of paper rises, newspapers will become less viable than they are now.
Most of the news can be found online and sometimes in more depth but it is the local reporters of both TV and print that dig up the news pertaining to our region and both media types are under siege and might not survive for much longer. So who is going to hire the reporters and journalists to investigate local news?
There are many small news items in the morning paper that do not make it to the electronic media but give a sense of familiarity and community to our town. Personally my wife and I read the morning paper almost everyday and would certainly miss the routine.
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