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		stjohnswarts on Sept 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cement is the source of 8% of the world's CO2 emis... I think that Europeans just are biased against wood frame houses. I've heard this argument over and but a wood frame house can easily last 100+ years with maintenance and owners who care about what happens to it.

nom on Sept 27, 2020 [–]

OP here. I guess you are right about the bias. I've learned a lot from this thread, thank you!

lostlogin on Sept 28, 2020 | [–]

The funny thing is that Europe some really old wooden buildings. There is a 1200 year old one in Essex.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensted_Church

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