The spring heat wave is about over with and cooler days are forecast for the week to come; about 20 degrees cooler. But even this weather doesn’t hold out much hope for a mild fire season. It's really dry out there! The north state is very much at risk this year for fires we certainly can’t afford. Even more so if the fires occur on federal lands, as the feds tend to fight forest fires by smothering them with cash.
There has been a lot of talk lately about the possible use of trees for plastic. What a fantastic idea and one that needs to be pursued. If it became successful, we could start building all houses out of steel, the only logical and renewable way to build, and the forest product industry could focus on plastics. And that’s a market that wouldn’t have downturns as the housing market so often does. Hey! You can never have enough plastic! The steel studs for housing could be made from what steel we throw into the landfills today and we would still end up with better built houses.
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