Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote: >Political correctness (can't leave that out!): tradeoff. Glass boats use up >petrochemicals derived from nonrenewable fossil hydrocarbons. Wood boats use >up high-quality wood, either from temperate rain forests (cedar strippers) or >tropical rain forests (okume sng boats). I'm told that okoume is an African 'plantation grown' hardwood. The ethics in place on the okoume "plantations" could be the subject of some debate, though! >Neither the temperate nor the >tropical rain forests are being "renewed" as fast as they are being used, >though the wood diverted to making wood boats is not the reason. Surprise! I support renewable forests, and will gladly pay more for the small amount of wood used in my boats. I agree--it's definitely not wood boat builders who are driving the cedar/redwood/spruce markets. Shawn *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:33:18 PDT