schaef,
You say -- your the pragmatist here and we are the idealists.
I would argue QUITE THE OPPOSITE. I am the pragmatist, you are the idealist. It is clear to me that little will ever come of my TATF trees in the form of monetary return, and possibly little in the form of lumber. You are the idealist, you think that there is a way to "fix" the situation or make the best of it, that is an idealist. Sometimes there just are no fixes and you move on, that is a pragmatist.
Steve keeps chasing high margin, high end products. Whatever the new value added process turns out to be, if it is not a high volume reasonably priced commodity, it will fail in today's economic climate. More Raleo yacht furniture will not help anyone out here.
planb
