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> Maybe using more mature trees really isn't something we should be doing right now? The trees are more mature because they were planted longer ago. Planting t
by chrisseaton 4y ago
> Maybe using more mature trees really isn't something we should be doing right now?
The trees are more mature because they were planted longer ago. Planting trees in suburbia is the opposite of deforestation.
- Broken_Hippo 4y agoI do understand both of these, and I advocate using managed forest areas with newer growth - perhaps you misunderstood? We simply don't have as many old growth forests that our ancestors have had due to deforestation. The trees being planted in suburbia aren't offsetting what we are using to build the houses either, and definitely aren't replacing them where they were harvested (the forest, in general). We also aren't planting the same varieties of trees that we use to build the houses, as trees in housing development are generally chosen for looks, speed of growth, and size.
- chrisseaton 4y agoI don't really understand what you're on about. I'm saying that houses in areas built in the 1920s have beautiful hundred-year old trees along the roads. Houses built in the 2020s have tiny saplings. I'm saying the former is nicer than the latter. Not talking about building materials. Talking about the environment around the houses.