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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by wincy on Thursday February 17, 2022 @01:30AM (#30370144)
This reminded me of the fact that the US Navy maintains a forest of trees that are of appropriate size to keep planks for the USS Constitution, the last remaining wooden US Navy vessel.

https://taskandpurpose.com/mandatory-fun/constitution-grove-...

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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by mdturnerphys on Thursday February 17, 2022 @03:11AM (#30370659)
Sweden planted 300,000 oak trees on a particular island in the 1830s, after the Napoleonic wars, to provide lumber for future naval ships. It takes the trees about 150 years to reach a suitable size, so they were well obsolete for their intended purpose before they were ready.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/visingso-oak-forest

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