• db2@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Don’t worry, your lumber mill will still be there, it will just be owned by someone else.

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      5 hours ago

      Nah. A lot of these mills don’t open back up because it’s not profitable enough to retrograde them to handle smaller and smaller trees that are harvested.

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        4 hours ago

        Usually a reopening also means inspections and addressing building and equipment safety concerns that could’ve been swept under the rug for decades

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        Exactly, there was a huge covid boom for lumber mills and the market got saturated. Now all those small shops that opened during the boom can’t survive on the post Covid margins and are shutting down.

        As much as Trump is a shitbag, this is probably more likely tied to changing mill economics post covid.

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        Usually a reopening also means inspections and addressing building and equipment safety concerns that could’ve been swept under the rug for decades