“What is meant by “virgin wood?” I am assuming that it means that it came from trees and not recycled products. I would therefore state that our taste for this type of toilet paper increases forests, not decrease.
Simply consider the demand; since we demand it more, there will be more trees planted to supply our demand. On the other hand, if we preferred recycled material, then there would be less incentive to plant trees to supply the demand for “virgin wood.”
The left has never been able to comprehend that trees are a CROP (just like corn, wheat, etc...) If we would treat them that way there wouldn’t be any shortages. We would simply plant and harvest them the same way we do any other crop.
A while back some neohippy scumbag gavce me crap about logging in Vermont. They had very little to say when i informed them that in the 1830’s the state was less than 25% forested, and now it’s over 65% forested. Where did all those trees come from?