Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Wood Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:50:42 +0100 Lines: 55 Message-ID: <2dgr0mxrfb.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <10gjqji$163o1$6@dont-email.me> <10gjub3$1934g$2@dont-email.me> <10gmh72$273r2$7@dont-email.me> <10gugbh$19phl$1@dont-email.me> <10gulau$1c5u8$1@dont-email.me> <10h14vm$2caj1$1@dont-email.me> <10h3tc7$3elsi$1@dont-email.me> <10h4eqq$3khj5$1@dont-email.me> <10h4l1m$3mik2$1@dont-email.me> <10h9gr2$tuo4$1@dont-email.me> <10hb0cd$1a5kd$1@dont-email.me> <10hbkqn$1di3b$21@dont-email.me> <10hbo50$1fjnp$8@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net oYObwpP2PD06pBU5MlWuqwaIlo8/C0/d2eQi3pqVrHIUKeOHfm X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:T6j1hS+EShKA2SmfGbllRI0i1Gg= sha256:6/ulNnESinJA0t11BPmRhsQZmxW2Jp944NTC9KpiP1Q= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:78821 alt.comp.os.windows-11:28258 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. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;