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> Wood construction is generally a good thing from a sustainability perspective

This is something a lot of people get confused about^. To summarize, each ton of wood used in constructions takes approx 1 ton of CO2 out of the atmosphere (cellulose is basically solidified carbon and oxygen), whereas each ton of concrete used in construction puts approx 100kg of C02 into the atmosphere.

^ "You're cutting down treeees, oh the humanity!"

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How does that compare to leaving the trees grow, say, 25 more years? You’re only comparing the action of using them in construction.

The density of managed forests would not allow for that much growth across all the trees. Some would get larger, others would stagnate. Better to chop them all and replace with a fresh batch that will all be scrubbing.

The folks managing these forests are in the business of selling as much solidified CO2 as possible every single year, if there was a better way to do it I'm sure they would.

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