Comments on: WalMart and Louisiana Cypress Mulch: Bowing to Political Pressure http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/09/09/walmart-and-louisiana-cypress-mulch-bowing-to-political-pressure/ What is seen and what is unseen. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:53:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Curtis Bashkiharatee http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/09/09/walmart-and-louisiana-cypress-mulch-bowing-to-political-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-6132 Curtis Bashkiharatee Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:52:33 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/09/09/walmart-and-louisiana-cypress-mulch-bowing-to-political-pressure/#comment-6132 Like Jeremy was saying, the companies that produce mulch aren't making all of there money from the mulch, it's just the trash of their operations. In other words they are recylcing. As i see it, not many cypress forests will be abandoned for houssing because they companies are still making a profit from what ever else they are making. Also, as a biology major i feel i must say that the purpose for recycling is not to save trees. Saving trees is fun and all but there are other reason to recycle. For example, recycling metals greatly reduces the initial cost of extracting and processing the metal into a usable state. It also reduces the amount of space that we'll need for landfills. Maybe we could use the potential landfill space for houses instead of cutting down our pretty forests. Like Jeremy was saying, the companies that produce mulch aren’t making all of there money from the mulch, it’s just the trash of their operations. In other words they are recylcing. As i see it, not many cypress forests will be abandoned for houssing because they companies are still making a profit from what ever else they are making.
Also, as a biology major i feel i must say that the purpose for recycling is not to save trees. Saving trees is fun and all but there are other reason to recycle. For example, recycling metals greatly reduces the initial cost of extracting and processing the metal into a usable state. It also reduces the amount of space that we’ll need for landfills. Maybe we could use the potential landfill space for houses instead of cutting down our pretty forests.

]]> By: Jeremy Breaux http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/09/09/walmart-and-louisiana-cypress-mulch-bowing-to-political-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-3281 Jeremy Breaux Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:52:58 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/09/09/walmart-and-louisiana-cypress-mulch-bowing-to-political-pressure/#comment-3281 Vandersteen said. "We can buy more product from China. I can't wait." -cant you just picture each peice marked "handcrafted in china" If louisiana stop selling to out of stated companies, then louisiana makes less money. If the mulching only came from lumber companies that specialized in making mulch out of a whole trees and wasted the whole tree on mulch, I could see a bigger problem. But if I am understanding correctly, the mulch is produced as a byproduct of other items that are produced and sold. Its like wal-mart stoped selling spam. Its taking away sales that louisiana brings IN from other states. There are other states that can produce cypress, but not in abundance like louisiana. Hopefully the state will figure out a way to counter a permenant loss of cypress to housing. If landowners do sell for housing, that would(in theory) bring more money into louisiana after years of development. More homes means more people. although then the coast may take away the homes and make houma/thibodaux Gulf front property. The trees will still get cut down but profit drops drastically and mills have to deal with scraps that are usefull Wal-mart will also see a decrease in profits. many people use cypress mulch, because its has benefits over other materials, as well as cosmetic purposes. Others use it because thats what they have allways used. They will now shop at Lowes and/or Home Depot to get what they want, and many other perks of going to a home and garden store for your garden supplies. (A little longer than i intended) Vandersteen said. “We can buy more product from China. I can’t wait.”
-cant you just picture each peice marked “handcrafted in china”

If louisiana stop selling to out of stated companies, then louisiana makes less money. If the mulching only came from lumber companies that specialized in making mulch out of a whole trees and wasted the whole tree on mulch, I could see a bigger problem. But if I am understanding correctly, the mulch is produced as a byproduct of other items that are produced and sold. Its like wal-mart stoped selling spam. Its taking away sales that louisiana brings IN from other states. There are other states that can produce cypress, but not in abundance like louisiana.

Hopefully the state will figure out a way to counter a permenant loss of cypress to housing. If landowners do sell for housing, that would(in theory) bring more money into louisiana after years of development. More homes means more people. although then the coast may take away the homes and make houma/thibodaux Gulf front property.

The trees will still get cut down
but profit drops drastically
and mills have to deal with scraps that are usefull

Wal-mart will also see a decrease in profits. many people use cypress mulch, because its has benefits over other materials, as well as cosmetic purposes. Others use it because thats what they have allways used. They will now shop at Lowes and/or Home Depot to get what they want, and many other perks of going to a home and garden store for your garden supplies.

(A little longer than i intended)

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