From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On 2016-10-13, JAB  wrote:   
   > Construction begins on world's tallest wooden skyscraper   
   >   
   > With 76 percent of the building expected to be made from spruce wood,   
   > architects say it will save 2,800 tonnes of CO2 emissions when   
   > compared with a similar concrete structure, the equivalent of driving   
   > a car 40km every day for 1,300 years.   
   >   
      
   I can't think of a material I'd less enjoy building a skyscraper out   
   of than wood - degrades, warps, bends, twists.  Lovely stuff for other   
   reasons, but this sounds like a terrible idea to me.   
      
   As for saving CO2 emissions, WTF?  I don't understand the logic.   
      
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