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Wait I thought chopping down trees was environmentally unfriendly.
by reportgunner 5y ago
Wait I thought chopping down trees was environmentally unfriendly.
- empiricus 5y agoPlant trees, wait 20 years, then chop and use them for building (a form of carbon capture). Repeat.
- HWR_14 5y agoMost lumber used for houses is planted for that purpose. You have giant fields of 0-year-old trees, then a field of 1-year-old trees, so on up until the (chop down)-year-old-trees being harvested and the -1-year-old-trees being retilled and replanted. Chopping down Brazilian rainforest for rare woods or cow grazing is environmentally unfriendly. Using commercial softwoods is supporting carbon sequestration and is probably more sustainable than most agriculture.
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoIt depends .. if you don't release the carbon in the tree you cut down, and you plant another tree then it's all good.