Timeline for Creating wood actually as hard as granite
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| May 8, 2017 at 17:55 | comment | added | Draco18s no longer trusts SE | This answer is pretty much what I was going to say. At least, what I was thinking before doing any research. Scrolled down, oh a wood I haven't heard of and...oh they mentioned Ironwood too. Darn. Also +1 for Australia trying to kill you. | |
| May 8, 2017 at 12:03 | vote | accept | DonyorM | ||
| May 7, 2017 at 22:41 | comment | added | kingledion | @Catalyst Wait....does Australia actually have a fire swamp? Because if it does I want to know. | |
| May 7, 2017 at 13:58 | comment | added | Catalyst | "Australia is scary." To say nothing of the largest known fire swamp! (Princess Bride reference ;-) | |
| May 7, 2017 at 13:39 | history | edited | JDługosz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
It's means "it is"; its is the pronoun.
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| May 7, 2017 at 8:21 | comment | added | Ville Niemi | @Mołot I guess we will see more of that. Both because reforestation is now a thing and because making concrete (cement really) seems to be surprisingly resource intensive. | |
| May 7, 2017 at 8:17 | comment | added | Mołot | @VilleNiemi pouring concrete is much faster, cheaper and easier than growing, cutting and branding wood. But indeed even much weaker trees are coming back to constriction, and areas like now-unused pastures are covered with "forest" meant to be harvested. | |
| May 6, 2017 at 13:46 | comment | added | Mermaker | @VilleNiemi We use them a lot here on my country for all sort of stuff. We have some really awesome wood houses made of those are sturdier than the regular concrete+bricks houses we have around. In some areas this type of tree is considered endangered on the wild, so most of the comercial ones come from reforestation areas. | |
| May 6, 2017 at 11:59 | comment | added | Ville Niemi | So with genetic engineering you could make a variant that can be farmed. Why exactly are we wasting time with concrete, stone, and metals? | |
| May 6, 2017 at 0:04 | comment | added | Samwise | I can tell you that the Australian timber Mulga is indeed poisonous, splinters can kill you if not properly treated. As for hardness, well, let's just say I sand Mulga with angle grinder disks meant for steel... | |
| May 5, 2017 at 22:05 | comment | added | Cort Ammon | Ahh, Australia. You suggest the wood is poisonous and carnivorous, and instead of asking for sources to back your claim, I sigh and say "Man, Australian plants are brutal!" | |
| May 5, 2017 at 21:09 | comment | added | WRX | I wish I could upvote twice... | |
| May 5, 2017 at 20:41 | history | answered | Mermaker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |