I think that all Michael's points are valid. On 7/3/07, Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_greatlakeskayaker.ca> wrote: > > > Ditto all other materials - resins are sensitive to oil prices, which in > turn are _not_ governed by resource price (resource price at the > wellhead is zero - no one pays Mother Earth. Except, maybe, this one. If you add a well to a known oil field then the resource costs are just those associated with drilling and finishing that well-head and then the installation of the extraction devices. (Are the some-times substantial charges to the appropriate government part of the resource price?) But if you take into account the costs of finding replacement oil, then the resource price can be substantial. Particularly since a lot of exploration now is in very deep water offshore (>8000 feet). But perhaps Michael had something else in mind. Anyway, it's hard to argue with building a kayak out of scrap wood even if it's covered in dacron and epoxy. I plan to do that right after I buy my Mariner play boat. Craig Jungers Royal City, WA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 04 2007 - 10:38:13 PDT
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