Scientists Create Clear, Glasslike Material Out of Wood

A team of researchers at the USDA and several research institutions say they’ve developed “transparent wood,” a glass-like material made almost entirely out of trees that they claim is stronger, safer, more cost efficient and more thermally efficient than glass.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Scientists Create Clear, Glasslike Material Out of Wood

A team of researchers at the USDA and several research institutions say they’ve developed “transparent wood,” a glass-like material made almost entirely out of trees that they claim is stronger, safer, more cost efficient and more thermally efficient than glass.

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Whch would be good if we had more wood than sand.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Scientists Create Clear, Glasslike Material Out of Wood

A team of researchers at the USDA and several research institutions say they’ve developed “transparent wood,” a glass-like material made almost entirely out of trees that they claim is stronger, safer, more cost efficient and more thermally efficient than glass.

more…

Sounds as environmentally destructive as when they found a way of making paper from eucalypts and the extensive usages of Palm Oil.

PermeateFree said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Scientists Create Clear, Glasslike Material Out of Wood

A team of researchers at the USDA and several research institutions say they’ve developed “transparent wood,” a glass-like material made almost entirely out of trees that they claim is stronger, safer, more cost efficient and more thermally efficient than glass.

more…

Sounds as environmentally destructive as when they found a way of making paper from eucalypts and the extensive usages of Palm Oil.

Yes it does make one wonder about the energy required and the environmental impact it generates.

We need to consider all environmental impacts and a way to rate companies based on environmental impacts

Looks at cheap products market, this market really needs reform in a big way.

Tau.Neutrino said:

PermeateFree said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Scientists Create Clear, Glasslike Material Out of Wood

A team of researchers at the USDA and several research institutions say they’ve developed “transparent wood,” a glass-like material made almost entirely out of trees that they claim is stronger, safer, more cost efficient and more thermally efficient than glass.

more…

Sounds as environmentally destructive as when they found a way of making paper from eucalypts and the extensive usages of Palm Oil.

Yes it does make one wonder about the energy required and the environmental impact it generates.

We need to consider all environmental impacts and a way to rate companies based on environmental impacts

Looks at cheap products market, this market really needs reform in a big way.

If we just got rid of cheap roducts and only made quality products they’d last for years. Yes a lot of shit companies would go to the wall but that’s where they should always have been.

roughbarked said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

PermeateFree said:

Sounds as environmentally destructive as when they found a way of making paper from eucalypts and the extensive usages of Palm Oil.

Yes it does make one wonder about the energy required and the environmental impact it generates.

We need to consider all environmental impacts and a way to rate companies based on environmental impacts

Looks at cheap products market, this market really needs reform in a big way.

If we just got rid of cheap roducts and only made quality products they’d last for years. Yes a lot of shit companies would go to the wall but that’s where they should always have been.

Not everyone can afford a rolls royce.

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Yes it does make one wonder about the energy required and the environmental impact it generates.

We need to consider all environmental impacts and a way to rate companies based on environmental impacts

Looks at cheap products market, this market really needs reform in a big way.

If we just got rid of cheap roducts and only made quality products they’d last for years. Yes a lot of shit companies would go to the wall but that’s where they should always have been.

Not everyone can afford a rolls royce.

True but not everyone needs a Rolls Royce, In fact probably nobody needs such opulence.

Tau.Neutrino said:

PermeateFree said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Scientists Create Clear, Glasslike Material Out of Wood

A team of researchers at the USDA and several research institutions say they’ve developed “transparent wood,” a glass-like material made almost entirely out of trees that they claim is stronger, safer, more cost efficient and more thermally efficient than glass.

more…

Sounds as environmentally destructive as when they found a way of making paper from eucalypts and the extensive usages of Palm Oil.

Yes it does make one wonder about the energy required and the environmental impact it generates.

We need to consider all environmental impacts and a way to rate companies based on environmental impacts

Looks at cheap products market, this market really needs reform in a big way.

There are cries that politicians place the environment first rather than last when formulation policy and making important decisions.

maybe, but as we all know, half of wood is carbon and we already know about clear glasslike carbon

SCIENCE said:

maybe, but as we all know, half of wood is carbon and we already know about clear glasslike carbon

We should be looking for ways of removing carbon whilst not wrecking the environment at the same time.

sorry we were responding generically and generally to the overall thread (hence the absence of quotation) but indeed carbon sequestration would likely be helpful

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

If we just got rid of cheap roducts and only made quality products they’d last for years. Yes a lot of shit companies would go to the wall but that’s where they should always have been.

Not everyone can afford a rolls royce.

True but not everyone needs a Rolls Royce, In fact probably nobody needs such opulence.

soooo a cheap car?

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Not everyone can afford a rolls royce.

True but not everyone needs a Rolls Royce, In fact probably nobody needs such opulence.

soooo a cheap car?

There are plenty of them too but yyou were the one who brought up cars. I was talking about the other piles of cheap rubbish that everybody seems to buy and chuck away in the same year.

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

True but not everyone needs a Rolls Royce, In fact probably nobody needs such opulence.

soooo a cheap car?

There are plenty of them too but yyou were the one who brought up cars. I was talking about the other piles of cheap rubbish that everybody seems to buy and chuck away in the same year.

well, other piles of cheap rubbish fall into the same category as cheap cars. you can’t have cheap and good quality in the same product otherwise it would already be done.

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

soooo a cheap car?

There are plenty of them too but yyou were the one who brought up cars. I was talking about the other piles of cheap rubbish that everybody seems to buy and chuck away in the same year.

well, other piles of cheap rubbish fall into the same category as cheap cars. you can’t have cheap and good quality in the same product otherwise it would already be done.

There is lots of stuff that is entirely iimpractical and of no use for anything other than to stop a child crying for five minutes.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Scientists Create Clear, Glasslike Material Out of Wood

A team of researchers at the USDA and several research institutions say they’ve developed “transparent wood,” a glass-like material made almost entirely out of trees that they claim is stronger, safer, more cost efficient and more thermally efficient than glass.

more…

We had a thread about this, an other amazing things you can do with wood, about a year ago. Would be difficult to recover that thread by now.

Earlier than this post:

The following article is from April 13, 2016

https://www.archdaily.com/785482/translucent-wood-meet-the-new-material-developed-by-kth

And this from 31 Mar, 2016

https://www.kth.se/en/aktuellt/nyheter/kth-forskare-har-uppfunnit-genomskinligt-tra-1.638511