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As a wood worker, the answer on the post does agreat job. I will add only one more point. Wood working in 99% of cases does not lead to deforestation. In most
by unknowns 8y ago
As a wood worker, the answer on the post does agreat job. I will add only one more point.
Wood working in 99% of cases does not lead to deforestation. In most countries it is hard to buy illegal wood. In South Africa we buy mostly pine where 2 trees are planted for every one sold. These forestries are heavily regulated and protected. They are businesses. The deforestation you usually hear about is in third world countries and not for wood sales but rather for land gain or things like palm oil.
If you are buying wood from a hardware outlet you can pretty much be guaranteed that it is safe wood. Many trees are protected by law nowadays.
In most cases, buying wood products actually increases tree mass globally and decreases pollution.
Buy wood products when you can. You will be planting more trees and decreasing pollution.
- techslave 8y agoMy knowledge is that before oil as fuel, deforestation was a real and looming problem. Oil "fixed" that. What really peevs me is the "green" sticker "save a tree" on the bathroom forced air dryers. 1. you don't need to save trees. the water used in producing paper is the problem. this is never ever advertised and really needs some attention drawn to it. 2. f' you and your lies. you, dear business owner, do not care about green. you care about not having to deal with paper trash. i could count on one hand the number of businesses that admit this on their signage. why hide it? it's perfectly good reason and no one is going to fault you for it. 3. no, air dryers are not "healthier", it is the opposite. thanks again for deceptive signage.
- blacksmith_tb 8y agoIn terms of product lifecycle, there's no doubt that wood (or bamboo) is a good choice of material, plants are pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere and as long as what's built is maintained, that CO2 will remain sequestered. Contrast that with metals (which have to mined and processed, using huge amounts of energy) or plastics (from fossil fuels, also a headache to dispose of). Not to mention wood has grain, making it pleasant to look at.