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Re:China Completes Green Belt Around Taklamakan Desert by toast0 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @03:51PM (#42360314)
Probably will spark a bubble in deep sea distressed wood salvage operations when that becomes feasible.

Logs that long ago got stuck on river bottoms on the way to mills are pretty valuable now if they're in good shape.

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Re:China Completes Green Belt Around Taklamakan Desert by hirsin on Sunday December 08, 2024 @05:35PM (#42361334)
Is that just because they're old trees, which are stronger than the fast farmed ones we get today?
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Re:China Completes Green Belt Around Taklamakan Desert by toast0 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @06:32PM (#42361688)
That's part of it, but also people enjoy the colors that developed in the wood while it was resting in the river.
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