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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by BurningFrog on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @09:16AM (#25928494)
Buying two $100 tables vs one $200 table is not overconsumption. Both consume $200.
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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by dfxm12 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @10:30AM (#25929372)
Do they use the same amount of wood though? There's more to "consumption" than money!
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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by BurningFrog on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @10:58AM (#25929810)
Wood is a renewable resource.

I don't see how using it is bad.

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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by alacombe on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:11PM (#25933280)
> Wood is a renewable resource.

By this logic, so is oil.

FWIW, hardwood takes DECADES to grow, and "softwood" is pretty much junk.

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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by namdnay on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @01:43PM (#25932087)
Wood is fine. Shipping it thousands of miles is not
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