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gertalives t1_j95ws0k wrote

Reply to comment by ph30nix01 in Engineered wood is stronger, fights climate change by capturing CO2 by BlitzOrion

I hate to be a nay-sayer, but this really isn’t the problem. Plants are extremely good at capturing carbon, as there’s strong selective pressure to photosynthesize efficiently. Our problem is about managing greenhouse gas production and better stewardship of these already amazing plants. I don’t think we should hold our breath awaiting some technical innovation that would drastically improve upon many millions of years of evolution.

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gertalives t1_j95vbav wrote

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

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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gertalives t1_j64ak3j wrote

Reply to comment by Graega in Amsterdam’s underwater parking garage fits 7,000 bicycles and zero cars by Ok_Champion6840

Let’s zoom out and then back in a little on the US. It’s an enormous country, and a lot of those yokels live where it’s many miles between anything of interest. Those folks still don’t need lifted trucks in most cases, but bikes aren’t a viable solution. If we look at dense cities, absolutely, bikes and public transit make a zillion times more sense than a sea of individual autos clogging the roads. Those cities are where the infrastructure push makes sense.

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