> Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered that exports of unprocessed valuable types of hardwood and coniferous trees be banned from the start of 2022 in a bid to support its own wood processors.
> The EU takes issue with an increase of Russian export duties to 80% from its WTO commitment of a maximum of 13% to 15% for certain quantities of shipments.
> In addition, the Commission said, Russia had reduced the number of border crossing points handling wood exports to the EU from more than 30 to only one, with Finland.
> “The Russian restrictions are highly detrimental to the EU wood processing industry, which relies on exports from Russia, and create significant uncertainty on the global wood market,” the Commission said in a statement.
Oh, Russia doing the old economic coercion tactics.
Wait, what kind of trees?
Isn’t this a good thing? If it was rainforest timber from Brazil we’d be applauding them for protecting their hardwoods. Increasing the cost of hardwoods is a good way of rationing its use. There’s also plenty of cheap fast growing pine available on the world market.
Hah, Russia sanctioning the EU. I said it as a joke, but it’s happening.
Honestly, I think the moment they get to gas we’ll see us surrender in a week.
I think people mistakenly believe that cutting down forests is bad for carbon neutrality and make hasty comments based on this misconception.
Clearing forests, replacing them with fields and burning the wood represents adding carbon to the cycle and increasing co2 concentration in the air.
Cutting trees, processing them and turning them into houses, furniture and things and letting the forest regrow naturally takes co2 out of the cycle and reduces the co2 concentration in the air.
Very old forests and jungles are big co2 traps, but actually they don’t reduce co2 passively as many people believe, if they did old forests would rest on a mountain old carbon prior to human intervention because they’d keep eating it. The trapped carbon produced long term was oil and it came from bogs and other places where carbon matter could sink, become trapped and get taken out of the cycle.
Naturally this is just from the perspective of co2, the natural environment may be damaged in the process if this is done irresponsibly.
TL;DR using wood isn’t as bad as greens would have you believe.
About time for Finland and Sweden to join NATO and invoke Article 5 then. Wait a sec…
A bit off topic but how do sanctions work in regards to the WTO? Say we block exports of high tech stuff to Russia, would then they be eligible for some sort of arbitration and compensation?
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> Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered that exports of unprocessed valuable types of hardwood and coniferous trees be banned from the start of 2022 in a bid to support its own wood processors.
> The EU takes issue with an increase of Russian export duties to 80% from its WTO commitment of a maximum of 13% to 15% for certain quantities of shipments.
> In addition, the Commission said, Russia had reduced the number of border crossing points handling wood exports to the EU from more than 30 to only one, with Finland.
> “The Russian restrictions are highly detrimental to the EU wood processing industry, which relies on exports from Russia, and create significant uncertainty on the global wood market,” the Commission said in a statement.
Oh, Russia doing the old economic coercion tactics.
Wait, what kind of trees?
Isn’t this a good thing? If it was rainforest timber from Brazil we’d be applauding them for protecting their hardwoods. Increasing the cost of hardwoods is a good way of rationing its use. There’s also plenty of cheap fast growing pine available on the world market.
Hah, Russia sanctioning the EU. I said it as a joke, but it’s happening.
Honestly, I think the moment they get to gas we’ll see us surrender in a week.
I think people mistakenly believe that cutting down forests is bad for carbon neutrality and make hasty comments based on this misconception.
Clearing forests, replacing them with fields and burning the wood represents adding carbon to the cycle and increasing co2 concentration in the air.
Cutting trees, processing them and turning them into houses, furniture and things and letting the forest regrow naturally takes co2 out of the cycle and reduces the co2 concentration in the air.
Very old forests and jungles are big co2 traps, but actually they don’t reduce co2 passively as many people believe, if they did old forests would rest on a mountain old carbon prior to human intervention because they’d keep eating it. The trapped carbon produced long term was oil and it came from bogs and other places where carbon matter could sink, become trapped and get taken out of the cycle.
Naturally this is just from the perspective of co2, the natural environment may be damaged in the process if this is done irresponsibly.
TL;DR using wood isn’t as bad as greens would have you believe.
About time for Finland and Sweden to join NATO and invoke Article 5 then. Wait a sec…
A bit off topic but how do sanctions work in regards to the WTO? Say we block exports of high tech stuff to Russia, would then they be eligible for some sort of arbitration and compensation?
Wood & Pipe
lolrussia you’re a dick joke.
The Nordics are happy 🙂
Wonder when Romania will do the same