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How much timber can be made this way (including similar methods like coppicing)? Is it enough to contribute a noticeable amount to the modern timber industry?
by esperent 4y ago
How much timber can be made this way (including similar methods like coppicing)?
Is it enough to contribute a noticeable amount to the modern timber industry? Or is it more of a "huh that's cool" conversation topic?
- RugnirViking 4y agoits more useful for specific kinds of timber. If you want giant planks for building houses with, not that useful. We coppiced wood so it would grow a convenient size for chopping into firewood. Another large benefit is they tend to grow faily tall and straight, so are useful for things like stakes for fence posts.
- bstpierre 4y agoMy somewhat limited understanding is that coppicing or especially pollarding requires significantly more labor input. Modern timber harvesting is very highly industrialized. I have never seen any kind of machinery or industrial processes for managing a forest for coppice. I suspect that another factor may be density of a managed woodlot, but again I am not in the industry, just an owner of a small bit of “forest”, so my perception may be off.
- lm28469 4y ago> Is it enough to contribute a noticeable amount to the modern timber industry? This is the same question with renewable energies. The answer is that maybe, just maybe, the "modern X industry" is unsustainable and we should strive to be more frugal/efficient