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  • And cheers to handsome carpenter guy for pointing out that wood as a material in no way equals deforestation. It seems to be a misapprehension among many of the hippy dippy Islington/Notting Hill types that all remaining forests are native and that any tree cut down will bring us one step closer to collapse. They're not. Some areas of the world plant seedlings the same way an English farmer plants wheat or whatever, it just takes a few more decades before the produce be harvested.

  • Surely the practice of growing stuff then removing it from the local ecosystem still pulls nutrients out of the soil over time so it is not indefinitely sustainable without either very careful management or via additional nutrients being added by the growers in future?

  • Photosynthesis. That’s the magic bit. And all those photosynthesising trees became oil and gas and coal.

  • You've also got all the natural waste falling to the ground and decomposing over the life cycle of the tree. Leaves, bird poo, etc.

  • Don't they just chop the trees and leave the stumps in, so there is less surface disturbance? Or do they rip the seniors and roots out too?

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