why are we still using wood to build homes?

Q. living in this age knowing that the forest are depleting, why are we still using wood to built our houses? We have tons and tons of metals from recycled materials that works just as good or even better to support houses.

I know that wood may be cheaper than metals, but isn't there anything that can be done about it?

A. Why use steel when wood is cheap and renewable? It is an unfortunate misconception that we are losing forests to manufacture structural lumber. As mentioned above, forests in 2nd and 3rd world countries without widespread guidelines and regulation are the primary sources of deforestation. The US has always grown more timber than it has harvested. Also as mentioned above, it is more energy efficient to produce the lumber needed to build a house than steel, which means conservation of fossil fuels and less CO2.

If you are passionate about forest conservation, I recommend checking out the World Wildlife Fund (see link below)

How do I remove tree sap from the rubber seats of a swingset?

Q. We recently bought a used wood built swingset. The rubber seats have alot of black tree sap or something on them from being outdoors for so long, what can I use to remove this?
I've already tried scrubbing them with soap & water, Mr. Clean erasers, & Clorox Cleanup.
HELP Please!

A. TRY JUST USING RUBBING ALCOHOL

How can cockroaches eat anything and survive in just about any condition?

Q. just read and watched some documentaries about cockroaches and it says that they can eat just about anything with their relentless appetites including wood built inside walls of houses, book bindings, cardboard and stuff like that.

they would only eat that stuff if they could not find their first choice of food like decaying animals or garbage...

But still??? how can u eat wood and cardboard and continue to live on? where is the nutrition in those materials?

this might explain why they've been around since dinosaurs.

A. The cardboard is made up pulp which comes from trees, this pulp contains mostly cellulose just like wood. The cellulose is nothing but complex form of glucose molecules. But no animal is capable of digesting cellulose, hence in the intestine of cockroach, some symbiotic bateria are present which are capable of digesting cellulose( microbial fermentation) present in carboard and wood.

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