Peak wood

Peak wood is the point in time when the maximum rate of wood harvesting is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline.[citation needed] The term 'peak' refers to the Hubbert peak of a resource. Unlike resources such as petroleum, which are destroyed in use, wood continually grows and recycled, but it requires habitat (forests, woodland and timber plantations). Thus peak wood and peak oil cannot be compared directly.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Peak Wood: The Importance of Being a Forest". Santa Barbara Independent. April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010. 
  2. ^ John Perlin (June 2010). "Peak Wood: Nature Does Impose Limits". Miller-McCune. Retrieved 1 June 2010. 
  3. ^ "Peak Wood". The Anthropik Network. October 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2005. 
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