Just where do you think 'Brazilian Cherry' wood floors from Lumber Liquidators comes from?
And where exactly do the 'Eco Friendly' Bamboo Floors come from?
Answer: Brazilian Cherry = Brazilian 'RAIN FORESTS'!
Bamboo = Asian Bamboo forests, where Panda's are starving and Tigers are loosing their cover.
So all of you Yuppies on a high horse who are building your own house but want to be environmentally friendly, the only true way of doing that is by taking old flooring out of an old house and reusing it.
Lumber Liquidators and other companies like them are making a fortune off of people who want to have their McMansions and save the world at the same time.
Never once considering that they are one of the big reasons the rain forest is being stripped.
Don't forget all that Teak wood on their yachts
ReplyDeleteTree huggers aren't about saving the planet like they espouse, it's about being in control and making sure everyone is as miserable as they are.
ReplyDeleteTrees are a renewable resource so just relax.
ReplyDeleteBut more importantly it is about feeling morally superior to us little people that actually work for a living.
ReplyDeleteYes, these tree's do come from reainforest areas but they are FARMED...and they are very quick growing trees therefore not depleting the environment....they are actually quite environmentally friendly as far as wood goes.
ReplyDeleteBrazilian Cherry is one of the most controlled and regulated wood species harvested in all the world, especially in Brazil. Ibama, Brazil’s governing equivalent to Untied States Environmental Protection Agency, strictly oversees Brazilian Cherry’s longevity and insures its long-term availability. The protective deforestation laws of the United States and Canada do not compare with the strong control and enforcement measures taken in Brazil. In fact, no clear cutting (complete removal of all timber in an area) is allowed in Brazil. Before an individual tree can even be harvested in Brazil, it must be marked with an approval tag issued by Brazil’s Ibama. By law, tags must remain with the log throughout harvest processing where it is sawn into its final raw form, such as boards to be used to produce flooring. After milling, tags must then be presented to the Brazilian authorities to prove how the harvest was used. The United States and Canada have no such controls. In addition, each every tree to be harvested must have a diameter of 26” wide or greater when measured at 48” above the ground. This requirement prevents the harvesting of any under aged trees. Compare this to the typical average 12” diameter oak, maple or pine tree cut down in the United States or Canada. Further, Brazilian law forbids cutting more than 5% of the trees in any approved area in any single year. This limit means that it will take at least 20 years to harvest the trees in any single area. This adds stability to the supply and helps assure availability long into the future without the fear of exhausting the species. Again, the United States and Canada have no such controls.
ReplyDeleteBrazilian environmental penalties are severe and costly to violators. As an example, individuals or companies caught evading the harvesting laws, are subject to immediate forfeiture and seizure of all assets including bank accounts, factories, equipment, automobiles, and other property. Further, they face immediate jail time without bail until a trial is held, and fines of up to $1,000,000 for every tree illegally harvested. The United States and Canada have no such penalties.
To the credit of many environmental
Bamboo is easily renewable and, in some instances, grows at the rate of 6 inches per day. It's very 'green' to use bamboo flooring, because you never have to rely on old growth to do so.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Brazilian Rosewood?
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ReplyDeleteForward these regulations from Brazil's Ibama to the US's Obama. We need more Government regulation. Brazil & Washington - where the nuts come from!
Anon10:23
ReplyDeleteWhen exactly were these regulations enacted? Last week?
One of the biggest problems with tree farms is that you take out the native mix and put in one kind of tree, thus elliminating all of the wildlife that depended on the mix.
It happens here too.
I have no idea who you are or what organization you belong to.
I am simply asking a question that seems rather ironic.
Everyday we are bombarded with commercials for these woods, while at the same time being bombarded with the guilt from the tree huggers for raping our rain forests.
Which is it?
That's exactly what the state did to a friend of mine's father's farm. The state came in and cut down all the hardwood and replaced everything with pine trees.
ReplyDeleteNow it's eerie out there now, not a bird singing or a sqirrel hopping. I see more sqirrel's here in the city than I saw out in the woods of his farm.
Let me correct that spelling: Squirrel
ReplyDeleteBefore the Taliban, Vice, Virtue and Spelling Police call me a tree hugger!
All I can tell you is that most of these environmentalist women could use a Brazilian wax job. Very scary.
ReplyDeleteROFLMAO!
ReplyDeleteWymzie, now you find a sexist comment funny?
ReplyDeleteAnd you're talking about double standards?
Tsk.
I like to cut down mature oak trees and burn them in my wood stove.
ReplyDeletemmmm, nice steamy hot fire.
Equal opportunity comedy relief.
ReplyDeleteA lot of environmentalist men could use a Brazilian wax job too.
Come on lighten up!
"Environmentalist men" ????
ReplyDeleteI don't think those two words go together.
How many in a Brazilian anyway???
ReplyDeleteBlonde and sexist....
Just don't go to Rio dude. She may look good but she might be a man BayBee!
ReplyDeleteI'd need a 5 gallon bucket of wax just for my legs, my back? Don't even go there Hahahahaaa LoL LoL
ReplyDeleteI'm excited, getting ready to go watch Fernando knock somebody's block off.
These eco-freaks wont be happy till were reduced to a primative exitence till were all living like cavemen cowering in our caverens when theres a solar eclipes and sacrifising virgins to the same pgan deities they worship GREEN THE COLOR ON EC0-FREAK EVIL
ReplyDeleteBack when they were pulling off all this SAVE THE RAINFORESTS poppycock and we learned that the rainforests were doing just fine but not before some well intentioned folk were cheated by eco-hucksters and enviomental charlatents and we had to put up with this SAVE THE RAINFORESTS fruad and that stupid cartoon movie FERNGULLY plus others
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