XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-11 04:22, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 12/10/25 07:13, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> On 10/12/2025 12:03, c186282 wrote:   
   >>> Oh, we're kinda using up all the wood.   
   >>   
   >> Nope., We are growing as much pulpwood as we use.   
   >   
   >    "We" ???   
   >   
   >    So why are global forests being razed ???   
   >   
   >    Seems a LOT of people aren't growing wood   
   >    as fast as they use it. If your country is   
   >    short, get some OTHER country to raze its   
   >    forests ... gets past most press scrutiny.   
   >   
   >    Then there are the highly coveted, marked-up,   
   >    'tropical' woods. Whole rainforests are being   
   >    razed and 'we' can't grow those trees in   
   >    temperate zones.   
   >   
   >    Sorry, there IS a problem ... we've just become   
   >    better at HIDING it.   
   >   
   >    So, I'm still gonna promote 'alternate' materials   
   >    'kind of' like wood.   
   >   
   >    I can buy 'plastic lumber' from the local home store.   
   >    It's almost pure polyethylene, old milk jugs. It is   
   >    easy to work and does not rot. Alas it's not very   
   >    STIFF ... bends far more easily than even softwood   
   >    lumber. Likely not as much tensile strength either.   
   >    Stressed fibers inside the boards COULD help with   
   >    that, but makes it more expensive.   
   >   
   >    Wood is a fascinating study - highly-evolved   
   >    nano-structured material for load-bearing. We   
   >    just can't MAKE anything quite like it on   
   >    an industrial scale - probably not for quite   
   >    awhile.   
   >   
   >    A nice big house built of 4x12 Ironwood beams   
   >    IS attractive ... strong as hell, won't burn,   
   >    won't rot, enough flex to survive quakes, maybe   
   >    even dense enough to resist nuke-bomb radiation -   
   >    ought to last 1000+ years. Alas there aren't   
   >    that many ironwood trees and they take hundreds   
   >    of years to grow. Bummer.   
   >   
      
   The Age of Wood, Roland Ennos.   
      
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