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Certainly not in the volume for people to be using it for all their decks and flooring. Actual sustainable harvesting would probably price out everything but mu
by wlesieutre 3y ago
Certainly not in the volume for people to be using it for all their decks and flooring. Actual sustainable harvesting would probably price out everything but musical instruments and maybe some expensive outdoor furniture.
- harimau777 3y agoFinding better trees to farm might help. It might be easier to get people to choose something other than cutting down old growth forests if the alternative wasn't white pine.
- Fatnino 3y agoThe formula seems pretty straightforward. Take the area of land we're willing to give over to lumber farming, divide by how long it takes to grow a tree to harvest and that's how much lumber demand can be met. Adjust price to make demand meet that limit.
- worik 3y ago> Take the area of land we're willing to give over to lumber farming, divide by how long it takes to grow a tree to harvest and that's how much lumber demand can be met. Adjust price to make demand meet that limit. Much more complicated Trees grow in an ecosystem They are not widgets
- lozenge 3y agoUntil a buyer comes along who will pay 5% less for the same wood without the "sustainably farmed" certificate.
- dhx 3y agoIt's not quite that easy. Soil under plantations is easy to deplete at a non-renewable rate. Harvest causes soil compaction and erosion. Post-harvest, herbicides are used extensively to kill weeds that would otherwise fill the void before replacement trees are mature enough to keep weeds out. Is the herbicide being used at a renewable rate? etc etc