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2021-03-09 Europe

France fells centuries-old oaks to rebuild the Notre-Dame Cathedral spire

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-03-09 07:17|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 There's gotta be a "Trump's fault" angle here somewhere...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-03-09 08:06|| 2021-03-09 08:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Fortunately, they have plenty of these France's forests

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-03-09 08:29|| 2021-03-09 08:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Is culling forests in line with the Paris accords?

Posted by Close Ulineling8594 2021-03-09 10:08|| 2021-03-09 10:08|| Front Page Top

#4 The US Navy maintains a 50k acre forest in Indiana to provide oak timber for the USS Constitution.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-03-09 10:10|| 2021-03-09 10:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Good for them, trying to do it as authentic as possible.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-03-09 10:35|| 2021-03-09 10:35|| Front Page Top

#6 ...they don't have the lawfare practiced by the greenies here.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-03-09 10:36|| 2021-03-09 10:36|| Front Page Top

#7 they have plenty of these France's forests

Fascinating reading, g(r)omgoru. Separately, trailing daughter #2, who minored in Japanese and did a two-semester internship in Tokyo, loves the music video you posted the other day.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-09 10:49|| 2021-03-09 10:49|| Front Page Top

#8 ^I endeavor to give satisfaction.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-03-09 10:54|| 2021-03-09 10:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Centuries-long maintenance of forests dedicated to supplying key pieces of lumber for buildings in need of renovation is a world-wide tradition which gets little publicity.

Posted by Thineger Sproing6704 2021-03-09 15:46|| 2021-03-09 15:46|| Front Page Top

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