everyone uses wood for construction and furniture and fuel and paper and so on. Wood is a base material for human existence, and it has been so long as there have been . . . humans. But not everyone can produce wood in volume. The United States, as a large temperate zone country with extensive forested mid- and high altitudes, is by far the world’s largest wood producer, but because of its penchant for large, single-family homes packed with furniture, it is also a net importer. Canada and Mexico fill nearly all of America’s surplus needs. Forget needing to worry about the changes a
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