Pine trees should have never been allowed

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Pines played a huge role in making us a wealthy nation. I cannot see that changing very much in the future.

The one thing that really needs to change is that a huge proportion of the pines we grow are exported as logs. If those logs were processed into at least cut lumber if not furniture it would generate domestic jobs, add value to that product stream, reduce the transportation requirements/emissions and reduce the need for us to then import goods make from that timber.

Our geographical isolation makes the export of raw materials such as this inexcusable.