Toward customizable timber, grown in a lab
The opening to that article is wild.  While there is deforestation in some places in the world, at least in the US, there are more trees today than there were 100 years ago.  Forest harvest followed by replanting is not deforestation.<p>I also find that most of these articles discount the value of using the sun.  Most lab-grown resources require other forms of energy, almost all of which are decidedly worse for the environment.<p>If somebody invented a machine that used the sun and rainwater to remove carbon dioxide from the air and produce renewable building products, they&#x27;d be hailed as some kind of genius&#x2F;savior.  Enter, the lowly tree.