伊利诺斯州已故议员埃弗雷特·德克森常常评论“这儿有十亿,那儿有十亿,过不了多久人们就会谈论到底有多少钱!”令德克森气恼的是他的议员伙伴们不能理解赤字财政的长期后果。如果他能够真的观察到今天林业问题的争论,他可能又会抱怨“这儿有十亿,那儿有十亿”了。是的,对国家木材供给的限制越来越多,不久我们就会谈论事实上大量的木材赤字问题。本文将描述美国为保护森林生态系统所做的各种努力会如何大大限制国内木材规模并导致国内外严重的环境后果。 Illinois deputy councilman Everett Dixon often commented on “There are billions of people here. There are billions of them. It will be very soon before people will talk about how much money there is!” What annoyed Dixon was his Parliamentarians cannot understand the long-term consequences of fiscal deficits. If he can really observe the debate on today’s forestry issues, he may complain again that “here is one billion, there are one billion.” Yes, there are more restrictions on the national timber supply. Soon we will talk about the fact that there are a lot of timber deficits. This article will describe how the various efforts made by the United States to protect forest ecosystems will greatly limit the scale of domestic timber and lead to serious environmental consequences at home and abroad.