Cork trees endangered? Not likely.

Post #376,252 by Andrew Grygus 6/11/13 10:55:28 AM Reply	Cork trees endangered? Not likely. Cork is the outer bark of a variety of oak tree. It is stripped off without damage to the tree. There can be shortages in supply though. There is a shortage of the quality of bark that you can drill full size corks out of in the traditional way. Most cork products are made from ground up bark. The corks in the Crane Lake wine which is my daily guzzle have 1/8 inch layer of cut cork at each end. These disks are bonded to the body which is made of bonded ground cork. These are very good corks with no seepage problems at all, and are much nicer than foam plastic corks.
Post #376,253 by Another Scott 6/11/13 11:09:04 AM Reply	Interesting. WWF says lack of use in wine endangers them... From 2006: http://www.ens-newsw...2006-05-15-01.asp "The cork oak forests could face an economic and environmental crisis unless we take action to secure their future now," said Rebecca May, a forests campaigner at with WWF-UK. "It is vital that the wine and cork industries maintain the market for cork stoppers and in turn, help ensure the survival of the cork oak forests." Cheers, Scott.
Post #376,254 by drook 6/11/13 11:27:17 AM Reply	Just like mahogany People tried to "protect" mahogany and with no buyers you could no longer sell it. But nothing stopped you from burning it all down and grazing cattle that you could sell to McDonalds. -- Drew
Post #376,266 by Andrew Grygus 6/11/13 1:35:06 PM Reply	Do-gooder projects very often produce bad results. Do-gooders are generally highly committed single issue activists who ignore all the surrounding factors and even deny any that counter their pet project. I recently read an article (Natural History or Smithsonian) by a person who actually participated in a project to save the savanna in Africa. It was supposedly degraded by elephants, so more than 40,000 elephants were shot. The immediate effect was accelerated degradation of the savanna. Many other do-gooder projects have had similar results.
Post #376,309 by jake123 6/12/13 1:05:37 AM Reply	His name's Allan Savory that's something he did many years ago. He gave a TED talk about it: Re: http://www.ted.com/t...imate_change.html
Post #376,310 by Andrew Grygus 6/12/13 1:21:25 AM 6/12/13 1:23:16 AM Reply	Thanx Sheesh - had to edit a single word - it's late - obviously past my bed time - even though it's an hour earlier than usual. Edited by Andrew Grygus June 12, 2013, 01:23:16 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #376,357 by a6l6e6x 6/12/13 8:47:30 PM Reply	Very interesting, Jake. Thanks! Alex

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