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by FridayoLeary 1853 days ago
>His comparison to wood is legitimate as trees are a natural resource and their conservation has a similar effect on climate change compared to reducing the burning of fossil fuels.

Thanks for that! I do try and pick my comparisons and words carefully. I sometimes fail miserably but i'm glad you picked up on it.

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There's an argument for storing carbon as finished wood products.
But that was not even a tangential side point of mine. To my mind it was just a pertinent comparison. I'll bear in mind what you said but i'm slightly disappointed.
I agree that it is tangential. Perhaps one of the safer topics to discuss in this whole debacle.