Re: Story about Red Oak prices on NPR this evening

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:53:38 -0400, clare at snyder dot ontario dot
canada wrote:

With red oak prices down and fuel costs to cut timber on the rise,
lots of landowners will surely say, "Let's just let those trees keep
on growing."


What goes around comes around, fashion-wise, so in 20 years or so the
demand for oak will go back up - and if fuel prices stay high enough
and the wages in China go up, it will be economical to build furniture
in America again.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

I believe this to be the case now. There was a news item that a
furniture maker in North Carolina is hiring over 200 people due
to increased shipping costs.

Otoe
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