Trees for example take decades to be usable for lumber but it only takes a few minutes to saw one down.

How does the industry maintain a balance when daily demand is constant?

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[–] 8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

If you need 1000 trees per day, and you plant 1000 new trees per day, guess when you run out?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Tomorrow. Because it takes a fucking long time for trees to grow.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    There are roughly 3 trillion trees on earth. Even if they don't replenish, at 1000/day you need roughly 8 million years to run out.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    That got me wondering how many we actually cut down each day

    Apparently it's 41 million a day

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    73170 years at 41 million daily.

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