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Re:Is the World Becoming Uninsurable? by marcosdumay on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:36AM (#42739879)
> We're not cutting down forests for it, either.

The largest share of the illegal wood extracted from Brazil goes to the US.

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Re:Is the World Becoming Uninsurable? by nradov on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:02PM (#42740347)
The illegal hardwood is not used for residential framing or sheathing. It has nothing to do with fire resistance or insurance.
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Re:Is the World Becoming Uninsurable? by marcosdumay on Friday January 17, 2025 @02:47PM (#42742481)
Most illegal wood is not hardwood.

What is not to say that most of the wood in the US is illegal. It's probably a small share. But some of your houses do pretty much chop forests down. (And your government does help fight that, but it's hard to completely stop it.)

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