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Trees grow back. Decks are nice. Wood sourced and used in the same state is good practice.
by akira2501 3y ago
Trees grow back. Decks are nice. Wood sourced and used in the same state is good practice.
- NewJazz 3y agoIs it used in the same state? How much gets exported overseas? Continuous clear cutting is bound to dry out the soil eventually.
- throwup238 3y agoWood is cheap and the fuel to move it is expensive. No one in Europe is buying American Douglas Fir or Pine.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoAre American Ikea products not scandinavian pine?
- ferongr 3y agoNo, they're cheap Chinese honeycomb paper and low density particle board.
- CorrectHorseBat 3y agoWood isn't cheap in Europe though, we definitely do buy wood from overseas.
- hnbad 3y agoWe also sell wood to the US.
- NewJazz 3y agoIn fact Britain buys wood from US eastern forests just to burn it for fuel. https://theconversation.com/british-power-stations-are-burning-wood-from-us-forests-to-meet-renewables-targets-54969 https://theconversation.com/british-power-stations-are-burni...
- NewJazz 3y agoEverything in your comment is false. https://www.forest2market.com/blog/pacific-northwest-log-markets-domestic-and-export-prices-diverge https://www.forest2market.com/blog/pacific-northwest-log-mar...
- GeoAtreides 3y ago> Trees grow back. But old growth forests don't. Not on human scale, at least.
- akira2501 3y agoWhat's special about "old growth" forests?