This quotation is from Steven E. Landsburg from his article "Why I Am Not an Environmentalist?""if you want ranchers to keep a lot of cattle, you should eat a lot of beef. Recycling paper eliminates the incentive for companies to plant more trees and can cause forests to shrink. If you want large forests, your best strategy might be to use paper as wastefully as possible"
Think of the above statement in terms of long-run (when new trees can be grown) and short-run (when new trees cannot be grown) from your textbook. Please answer the following question:
(a) Why and how does the view express in the above statement differ from the conventional views on recycling? Explain.
(b) If one were a conscious environmentalist, what should one do? Explain.Please base your answers on what you learned in the text. Of course feel free to provide additional viewpoints.