But I accept your point: newsprint has historically been one of the biggest sources of demand for pulp, and that demand led to the destruction of many native pine forests in the region where I grew up, the South.
By spending more than they produce, Americans are still a big source of demand for the rest of the world.
But the I.E.A., an autonomous group that represents oil-consuming nations, wrote that it was trying to interpret a confusing outlook, noting that the European economy is stagnant, while trends for China, the big source of demand growth in recent years, are hard to predict.
Russia, recently a big source of demand for Western films, is dealing with the collapse of its stock market and a weaker ruble.
Dongguan, between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, is lined with grimy factories that are the sweatshops to the world and a big source of demand for cardboard boxes.
"It can be a reasonably big source of demand for some of these companies," said Sam Angus, a partner at Fenwick & West.
After then India will overtake it to become the single biggest source of increasing demand.
But China's real needs remain robust: in 2015 it will again be much the biggest source of new demand for both metals.
With the world's largest population and a rising craving for meat, China will be one of the biggest sources of increased demand.
