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In reply to the discussion: Lumber is through the ROOF! [View all]RussBLib
(8,983 posts)32. I hope this situation does not result in massive clear-cutting of forests
we've already cut down so much and we are not that great at replanting.
gotta have it! humans gotta have it!
We should have been growing hemp on an industrial basis by now. That shit grows so fast and hempwood is tougher than a ton of regular wood. We could have all the frikkin' hempwood we'd need, if it wasn't for stupid knee-jerk anti-cannabis laws.
We have so many opportunities, and squander so many.
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The rest of the world's advanced countries have been using metal beams for structural support for
PortTack
May 2021
#4
one suspects insurance co must pay her the rebuild cost whether she rebuilds or not nt
msongs
May 2021
#10
+1, a lot of the "reimburse" vs give a straight out check which is still bullshit
uponit7771
May 2021
#11
Lumber prices are so high I'm entertaining the idea of parting out my house
Brother Buzz
May 2021
#9
There's a 1890's era log cabin in the Berkeley Hills that can be had for a cool half a million
Brother Buzz
May 2021
#21
Yeah, my projects are just piling up because I don't want to spend the price of lumber atm.
Ferrets are Cool
May 2021
#27
I can't speak for how much the COVID catastrophe has affected this but the several years of terrible
Ford_Prefect
May 2021
#29