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Scientists Have Developed a Way to Make Wood as Strong as Steel
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Scientists Have Developed a Way to Make Wood as Strong as Steel - LINK
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Very interesting. A competitor to steel that is cheaper, easier and less dangerous to mold and shape, renewable, biodegradable, and lighter.
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And it literally grows on treesBig Grin

More seriously - it is a renewable resource, unlike steel.

Todd
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Using wood, or any reduced carbon compound, as a structural material removes CO2 from the atmosphere - maybe not much, but every little helps. A few hundred years from now we might be extracting carbon from the air so quickly that there could be a shortage of CO2.
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First baby step towards Dyson Trees?
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