Nick Schade wrote: <I rationalize that the 30 to 40 board feet of lumber per boat is not a big drain on the environment. My mother-in-law's house was just clapboarded with beautiful western red cedar siding.> Exactly. By my uneducated guesstimates: a large log, average dia. 1 meter by 50 meters long by specific gravity of cedar of 0.3 gives 12 metric tons. Sixty percent waste milling into strips and 10 kg of wood per kayak gives almost 500 boats per log. Is this close? Is the annual North American production of strippers even this high? Hard to believe that it is, since in 5.5 years in Seattle I think I've seen 3 on the water, and I lived within sight of the lake for much of that time! At this rate, no Marbled Murrelet, Spotted Owl or lynx would ever know we're out there. When I rebuild my rotten porch, I'll use Trex, but worrying about WRC consumption by kayak builders seems rediculous. Mike Wagenbach "I like to get to work early, so I can discard a pet hypothesis before breakfast." -Konrad Lorenz I'd settle for Happy Hour. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 30 2000 - 16:32:08 PST
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