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This would be a great solution, if we could reliably prevent them from going up in flames, for two obvious reasons. How many times have we heard about [old-tow
by jjallen 4y ago
This would be a great solution, if we could reliably prevent them from going up in flames, for two obvious reasons.
How many times have we heard about [old-town] burned in [year]? This would happen again negating any environmental benefits and obviously costing a ton of money to rebuild.
Maybe if we could get the burn rate down to 1% a year it would be a benefit?
- viraptor 4y agoI don't think that really applies here. The article concentrates on replacing cities and concrete with timber. Old towns burning down have different issues than downtown office buildings. Also in general, processed timber can be made more fireproof than many usual materials.
- herbst 4y agoI am not sure why. But this is really uncommon here in Switzerland. Sure sometimes there is an old house burning down somewhere but nether do we talk about spreading fires nor do I have to pay more insurance for living in a 100% wooden house.
- akvadrako 4y agoThat isn't a problem with CLT, which is so dense it usually just chars the outside. Only at temperatures that could destroy concrete and steel buildings does it really burn.