I was looking through some old vacation pictures and came across this one. It sure gives a perspective on how big these trees are.
this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2025
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Even worse. Many of our ancient forests were cut into boards for personal profit.
Worse still, half of the wood from these trees was rendered unusable when the massive trees hit the ground
So they turned it into shelves??! (O_0)
Maybe not this particular tree, but yeah. Shelves, house framing and siding, etc. We're a horrible greedy little species.
House I can understand... Us human needs wood and housing is necessary but a majestic tree needs a majestic purpose and a majestic woodwork.
Louis the XIV have destroid France's ressources of oak trees to make war ships. More than 300 years later we are still missing them.
pretty sure yall wouldnt be called france without them, humans are still part of the natural order we arent aliens or supernatural
The border might have changed slighty but Louis the XIV is notoriously bad at war. Also he notoriously loved playing it. It was his favorite childhood game and when he grow enough, he played the real version against his cousins in the next countries his entiere life. At the same time France was building a luxury industry and reputation that would last until today, he emptied the country's financial and material ressources so much it paved the way for the revolution.
That's not just me complaining about the poor trees. Althought oak trees are century plants and you won't find one older than 300 years in the whole country.
Worse, decking that has long since been sent to the landfill and replaced with Trex and the like