Re: Pulp mill
Posted: Mon 07 Jul, 2008 4:40 pm
Yes, I'm sure there's much to learn there, when time permits.
Regardless of the outcome, there will always be people that drink coffee, and there will always be people that use paper.
I'm one of both.
Doesn't stop me from having views on things like the pulp mill though.
Looking at it from a realist point of view for a moment.
It's more than that now, but assuming 2 Billion dollars. How many trees is that?
What do they pay, $20 per tonne for pulp timber?
Then they have to pay for cartage, labour, running costs etc.
And all to make pulp that they are going to ship overseas to make paper out of?
OK. 100 million tonnes of trees at $20 a tonne to break $2 billion.
And then there's interest.
I'd love to see the real maths on this one - I bet it looks a whole lot worse.
How many tonnes per hectare in timber is there in the average forest?
And how long did they take to grow?
All simple questions that, when answered, provide the raw data for a bit of maths to calculate how much of this state is going to need to be stripped to feed the mill.
Regardless of the outcome, there will always be people that drink coffee, and there will always be people that use paper.
I'm one of both.
Doesn't stop me from having views on things like the pulp mill though.
Looking at it from a realist point of view for a moment.
It's more than that now, but assuming 2 Billion dollars. How many trees is that?
What do they pay, $20 per tonne for pulp timber?
Then they have to pay for cartage, labour, running costs etc.
And all to make pulp that they are going to ship overseas to make paper out of?
OK. 100 million tonnes of trees at $20 a tonne to break $2 billion.
And then there's interest.
I'd love to see the real maths on this one - I bet it looks a whole lot worse.
How many tonnes per hectare in timber is there in the average forest?
And how long did they take to grow?
All simple questions that, when answered, provide the raw data for a bit of maths to calculate how much of this state is going to need to be stripped to feed the mill.