[FreedomStar3028]

Seems like a really stupid idea to build skyscrapers out of wood.

[Trillian]

May I suggest popsicle sticks?

[ataDude]

One word: termites! :)

[JennysCool]

Where are the Portlandia snowflakes screaming about the destruction of Mother Earth’s sensitive forest lands?

[PLMerite]

Might I suggest mud bricks:

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Ben Franklin once wondered about people who built their homes out of the same substance you heated the house and cooked your food with.

[mountainlion]

Name them after the Spotted Owl

[Fungi]

Liberalism is a mental disease. Now you know the rest of the story.

[Secret Agent Man]

They should mandate wooden cars. Really make a genuine statement.

[Ciaphas Cain]

Because they haven’t gotten around yet to seizing the Rearden Metal.

[Figment]

Firetraps

[niteowl77]

So an eleven-story residential tower is perfectly safe, but the Delta Queen's interiors are not. I guess all woods may be equal, but some woods will be more equal than others.

Mr. niteowl77

[aquila48]

“Oregon pushes for wooden skyscrapers to revive timber industry”

What?? Is sanity regaining a foothold in Oregon? The government has been owned by environazis there for ages. They killed the timber industry - I have a hard time believing this story.

[goodnesswins]

Actually, my timber working (@40 yrs) husband said these beams are as good as steel....but he laughs at how wood in Oregon has been hated for @30 yrs....and suddenly wood is in...and hes about retirement ready

[bk1000]

Might check with Chicago and San Francisco as to what can happen to a wooden city. Rome, for that matter. Some people never learn.

[realcleanguy]

Soon California democrats will show up and protest her, blaming Trump for it.

[11Bush]

And yet they can’t have a paper bag.

[2111USMC]

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a large-scale, prefabricated, solid engineered wood panel. Lightweight yet very strong, with superior acoustic, fire, seismic, and thermal performance, CLT is also fast and easy to install, generating almost no waste onsite. CLT offers design flexibility and low environmental impacts. For these reasons, cross-laminated timber is proving to be a highly advantageous alternative to conventional materials like concrete, masonry, or steel, especially in multi-family and commercial construction.

https://www.apawood.org/cross-laminated-timber

[folkquest]

Beavers...

[Lera]

Snowflake madness