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If only we could use trees as a building material!

• rapnie 6y ago
  Cross-laminated timber is quite promising in that regard. https://hn.algolia.com/?q=cross+laminated https://hn.algolia.com/?q=cross+laminated
  • eyjafjallajokul 6y ago
    Pretty sure they are being sarcastic and referring to wooden construction (majority of US homes).
    • rapnie 6y ago
      Yea, I know. Mine was just an example of 'reinventing the wooden construction'.
      • exabrial 6y ago
        Trees are great but require quite a bit of landmass. They're also slow :) As part of an "all of the above solution", a way to do what they do artificially would be handy