Hmmm

By: The N E (Registered ) on 12-10-2007 04:31

Interesting. Don't write him off as a sell-out too quickly (for one thing he's always been of the cornucopian philosophy - technology will get us out of anything) 
Leaving aside my distaste for his attitude and choice of phrases ('Piddly people'? Very respectful) 
this appears to be another lovely case of each side missing the others point. 
Those in favour say it's best practice, what more can we do. Those against say it's a pulp mill, nothing is good enough. 
And as usual both sides hold the same values - employment is good, paper is necessary, local production is good, Indonesian logging is bad, environment needs to be looked after. 
What is needed here is for both sides to sit down and have a rational chat about the issue, based on solid facts from independent bodies. Don Burke is a gardener, not an environmental assessor - his opinion on the quality of the operation are rather irrelevant.

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