tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post2703171316565169115..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Pulp Fiction: Eco-Credits for Black LiquorD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-35794643107715201912009-08-25T06:45:39.286-10:002009-08-25T06:45:39.286-10:00AM Mallet says "Canadian companies are not hu...AM Mallet says "Canadian companies are not hurt by this credit" Are you for real? Do you appreciate that we all compete in the same world market, and a $200 credit per ton of $600 pulp SEVERLY distorts the market? How can it not? If GM suddenly gets a credit (not a loan) of $10,000 for every $30,000 vehicle they sell, do you think Ford would sit by and say, "Well, if they manage Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756893581410787869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-81703883551827989012009-04-20T23:33:00.000-10:002009-04-20T23:33:00.000-10:00This subsidy, as every subsidy, is very likely to ...This subsidy, as every subsidy, is very likely to imbalance the market. Something it really doesn't need now! Considering the level of the tax credit, it is very dubious that US companies will not sell at uncompetitive prices their pulp and paper products. Or at least constitute reserves of cash and wait for their Canadian and European counterparts to go for bankruptcy.<br />For the record, as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-45189629970523384922009-04-14T12:34:00.000-10:002009-04-14T12:34:00.000-10:00It is not at all accurate to state that our Canadi...It is not at all accurate to state that our Canadian neighbors have been hurt by this energy credit. To date, these credits are not affecting pricing, inventory levels or reclaimed fiber. I do not believe there is a single Canadian firm that can demonstrate they lost business on price due to these credits. If anything at all, the credits relieve pressure on price given inventory levels continue A.M. Malletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354778419074793522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-44946015688889404082009-04-13T18:22:00.000-10:002009-04-13T18:22:00.000-10:00This whole black liquor loophole is dangerous to l...This whole black liquor loophole is dangerous to let loose for long. Its damages to the ecological balance and all the previous efforts to limit virgin pulp usage will be wasted. Thanks for the update. We should all try to pass the word and to make it a real topic for government to act upon.Postcard Printinghttp://www.mypostcardprinting.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-38152422157709447652009-04-13T15:39:00.000-10:002009-04-13T15:39:00.000-10:00I work for a company in Canada that has already fe...I work for a company in Canada that has already felt the sting of this "American ingenuity". It is disheartening and frusrating when just a few years ago the Americans were accusing us Canadians of being subsidized by the government. If this isn't the same thing, tell me how it differs?<br />Substantiated or not this is one of the items that will hurt all the good that we have been doing for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-37560855716413811052009-04-13T09:21:00.000-10:002009-04-13T09:21:00.000-10:00I work at a mill that has a virgin and recycled fi...I work at a mill that has a virgin and recycled fiber and we are using more recycled because the fiber is almost free and is cheaper than the virgin fiber with the credit. I don't know what mill would do the opposite with today's recovered fiber prices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-46745693514971816872009-04-13T05:31:00.000-10:002009-04-13T05:31:00.000-10:00There is a lot of buzz on this issue that is not s...There is a lot of buzz on this issue that is not substantiated. I do not know of any firm that is removing recycled fiber in order to add virgin furnish. I do not see pulp and kraft inventories increasing in order to get this credit. Where are the pundits getting their information? The Canadians are accusing US firms of depressing kraft and pulp prices but there does not seem to be anything to A.M. Malletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354778419074793522noreply@blogger.com