Originally Posted by
Iride01
How many trees will be needed to match the current production of steel, carbon and aluminum bikes?
Will the consumers desire for unique species cause issues with the rain forests and such?
A lot of energy/carbon is required to make carbon steel, as well as energy for aluminum, and I presume also various carbon/graphite technologies.
Renovo does use unique woods, I think. However, one of the big businesses is recycling urban trees/lumber, where one often finds quite unique trees that people have planted, but for one reason or another eventually require pruning or removal.