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You're the one saying that they didn't manage properly the forests, I don't know if they did or not but what I know is that when the population increase at some

• carapace 4y ago
  > You're the one saying that they didn't manage properly the forests, I don't know if they did or not... It's literally a quote from Ben Franklin? They cut down all the firewood for "near 100 Miles to some towns". > when the population increase at some point forests cannot provide enough wood for everybody Yes, of course, but not by 1744.
  • yywwbbn 4y ago
    > Yes, of course, but not by 1744. There are more forests now in France and some other places in western Europe than there were in the 13th century.
    • carapace 4y ago
      Yes, but we're talking about North America, so..? The point isn't that coppicing et. al. produces infinite wood, it's that it's a better way to manage forests than just chopping down all the fucking trees, eh? Coal has never been the solution to an ecological problem.