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Renewable isn't really accurate for wood, at least not in human time scales. A maple takes about 25 years to mature. It's about three maple trees to a cord.
by tsherr 6y ago
Renewable isn't really accurate for wood, at least not in human time scales. A maple takes about 25 years to mature. It's about three maple trees to a cord. Assuming 5 cords per winter, we're talking 375 trees before the first tree cut can be reharvested (assuming it was replanted immediately). That doesn't into account soil depletion and carbon release.
- mulmen 6y agoThanks, this is something else I have always wondered about. Quick quack suggests 400-800 trees per acre is possible. That actually seems pretty sustainable in a forested area.