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tal@kbin.social 1 year agoEurope by in large deforested itself into leaving stone as the only affordable solution left and only then switched off timber framed homes.
The UK does import, though I imagine that greater distance adds cost.
https://www.eastcoastfencing.com/news/where-does-most-timber-in-the-uk-come-from
Madison420@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Correct, they import timber now.
I’m surprised there’s not more academic papers about the effect of shipbuilding on global forests. Farming is probably a bigger factor but shipbuilding is responsible for a weirdly huge amount of old growth.