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The industrial approach to trees is not a good one though. You end up with plantations of tree monoculture. Japan actually has an issue now where former tree p
by bobthepanda 3y ago
The industrial approach to trees is not a good one though. You end up with plantations of tree monoculture.
Japan actually has an issue now where former tree plantations have overgrown and cause extremely high levels of pollen during allergy season, the forest floors of these plantations are dead due to the overgrowth blocking sun, etc. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VC4gRGPbTqE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VC4gRGPbTqE
- wkat4242 3y agoYou only get monoculture if you plant only one type of trees. The whole planet used to be covered in them and it was not a problem.
- bobthepanda 3y agoThat took many years. And as far as I am aware that would be the exception in the history of modern reforestation. The needs of industry and government (which is what you’re targeting if you want to replace construction materials) are optimizing for speed to grow (and hit arbitrary targets), and suitable properties for building, and generally that means they pick a very limited selection of trees that grow fast, sometimes as few as one type of tree.