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[–] awesomesauce309@midwest.social 11 points 4 days ago (5 children)

What are the long term ecological effects?

It could be hogging resources from the soil to grow so fast and take longer to recover.

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

And are those trees also being used for lumber, or just paper?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I would assume just paper,

[–] AndiHutch@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

They are also burned as fuel to process the wood into paper. It is cheaper for them to burn the wood for fuel / energy than to buy the electricity usually.

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