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SilentHunter7 t1_j928h30 wrote

Reply to comment by xYEET_LORDx in Engineered wood is stronger, fights climate change by capturing CO2 by BlitzOrion

Um, it's not artificial trees. It's engineered wood. They remove the lignin from wood and replace it with synthetic particles. It makes it stronger.

Stronger wood means you could potentially use less of it in construction, which should be good for the environment.

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sanman t1_j95iyyu wrote

Or couldn't we use its strength to make bigger wooden structures? How much stronger is it? And actually, don't different types of wood already have different strengths? So what is this engineered wood being compared to?

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SilentHunter7 t1_j95omr4 wrote

The article seems to say the strength is compared to the strength of the same wood before treatment. At least that's the impression I got.

And you could use it for larger structures. I was just thinking about more efficiency with things like wider stud widths so you'd need less wood for the same wall.

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