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Worldly-Fishman t1_j92fgjj wrote

Reply to comment by AdmiralSaturyn in Engineered wood is stronger, fights climate change by capturing CO2 by BlitzOrion

Not to speak on the credibility or potential of this article, 'cancer cure' level headlines do come and go. But I agree, non-fossil fuel energies used to be wildly expensive and more impractical years ago, now solar and wind are close to among the cheapest. If engineered wood could be a viable option and replacement for razing forests one day, then why not?

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gertalives t1_j95vbav wrote

I don’t see how switching to engineered wood somehow saves trees. It’s still wood, so it uses trees. But that’s not a bad thing — trees are much more sustainable than many other building materials. The real potential is in replacing not lumber but concrete, which is an environmental scourge.

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