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[quote user="RevEng"][quote user="CoderDude"]I agree it's wasteful, but no rainforests were harmed in the printing of the pages... they grow as many trees as they need; if they didn't need so many, they wouldn't grow so many. You might as well try to "save the corn" by not eating corn any more: they'll just grow less, and the number of corn plants on the planet will remain more or less constant.[/quote]<rant> I'm sorry, maybe your sarcasm was too subtle to detect, but please don't tell me you're serious. The kinds of trees that are cut down to make paper take decades to grow. Have you ever seen how long it takes to grow a thick, healthy tree from a sappling? I assure you, they do NOT plant as many trees as they use. If you'd like to know where the US gets a large portion of its paper, come to Canada. There are plenty of Wayerhauser pulp and paper mills. Better yet, head to BC and join the logging crews. Ask them if they replant the trees after they finish clear-cutting a strip. Or best of all, just fly over and see for yourself.Rest assured, the trees we use are not replaced. </rant>[/quote]I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I drive past lumber farms on a regular basis. Yes, the largest boards do come from "wild" trees that are 50+ years old, but most of the 2x4s and plywood sheets come from farmed pine trees that are harvested and re-planted on a 25-year schedule. I also occasionally drive past a pulpwood farm out in eastern Oregon: it's about 25 square miles of hybrid poplar trees, the woody equivalent of weeds. They're not as open about the production schedule as Weyerhauser is, but judging from the heights of trees, they're harvesting and re-planting every seven years.