Map of life expectancy at birth from Global Education Project.

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

For the greater glory of God

Here's an interesting factoid about rebuilding Notre Dame:

The roof and spire of Notre Dame, which was completely incinerated in Monday's fire, were made of ancient oak. There were 13,000 beams in the church's ceiling, and Guerry said about 3,000 trees would be needed to replace them.

"In the Middle Ages… it was possible to find huge amounts of beautiful strong oak," but overuse of the material led to the destruction of many of Europe's oak forests, Guerry said. "The ability to find around 3,000 more big, strong trees in the next two decades is going to be tricky." But Guerry said the very tall, old trees needed for the project might exist in the Baltic, where most of Europe's oak comes from today.
So we're going to cut down the last of the old growth forest in Europe to please God.

Let's not and say we did.


2 comments:

Don Quixote said...

Oy vey. To rebuild out of ... wood? ... after they burned the ... wood?

If that's the plan, there needs to be a petition against it. Seriously! Wanna start one?

These are the day of miracles and wonders. Synthetic, biodegradable, non-flammable material! I'm sure the almighty would appreciate our conscious efforts.

mojrim said...

It's not the plan. The french architectural community has already weighed in on this.