Wood - Revision history

RichardWSmith: /* Construction Material */ Added link.

2025-05-26T08:11:56Z

Construction Material: Added link.

Michel Lamontagne: /* Open Issues */

2023-11-09T14:52:11Z

Open Issues

Michel Lamontagne at 14:51, 9 November 2023

2023-11-09T14:51:31Z

Michel Lamontagne at 14:39, 9 November 2023

2023-11-09T14:39:54Z

Michel Lamontagne: /* Production */

2023-11-09T14:28:38Z

Production

Michel Lamontagne: /* Production */

2023-11-09T14:27:33Z

Production

Michel Lamontagne: /* Use */

2023-11-09T14:24:33Z

Use

Michel Lamontagne: /* Fuel */

2023-11-09T14:20:08Z

Fuel

Michel Lamontagne at 12:33, 29 April 2019

2019-04-29T12:33:29Z

Michel Lamontagne at 12:31, 29 April 2019

2019-04-29T12:31:55Z

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 ===Construction Material===
 Certain types of wood have excellent strength to weight ratios that make them ideal construction materials. The [[natural fiber|fibers]] in the wood strengthen it in the direction of the grain.
 ===Art===
 Wood is easily carved into a variety of shapes. Wood carving and crafting is a possible diversion, and may improve [[morale]].

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 [[category:Non-Food Crops]]
 <references />
 - Carbon storage in Canadian forests: https://cca-reports.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Carbon-Sinks_EN_CH-3_Forests.pdf

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 Wood is an unlikely fuel on Mars, and may only be used in this way as a luxury, requiring dedicated venting and fireproof enclosure.  Such as a fireplace.
 As an energy storage mechanism wood is extremely inefficient, when calculated as a solar battery.
 ==Open Issues==
 *How will the reduced gravity affect the density of the wood?
 *Will dwarf varieties of fruit trees remain short?
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 [[category:Non-Food Crops]]
 <references />

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-'''Wood''' comes from the interior of the branches and trunks of [[trees]] and some shrubs. The stalks of [[bamboo]], while not strictly wood, are used in many similar contexts.
+'''Wood''' comes from the interior of the branches and trunks of [[trees]] and some shrubs. The stalks of [[bamboo]], while not strictly wood, are used in many similar contexts.  Wood products are the wood itself, cellulose, lignite, methyl and ethyl alcohol and a number of organic compounds.  Trees and shrubs also produce fruit, that can be part of the settler's diets.
 ==Production==
-Bamboo and other sources of wood would be grown in greenhouses on Mars or in parks.
+Trees, bamboo and shrubs would be grown in greenhouses or parks.
-*Bamboo can yield 4 tonnes per hectare<ref>http://afribam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49:bamboo-for-plantations&catid=22&Itemid=116</ref>.
+*Bamboo can yield 4 tonnes per hectare per year<ref>http://afribam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49:bamboo-for-plantations&catid=22&Itemid=116</ref>.
-*Trees
+*Trees, in a seasonal setting, convert CO2 and water into biomass by producing leaves.  The wood is then a byproduct.
-*Shrubs and bushes
+*Wood is a source of cellulose and lignite.  Both can be obtained from small shrubs and bamboo, that would grow at a higher density and faster rate than trees.  So the main purpose of trees on Mars is likely to be ornamental and fruit production, with the wood as a by product.
 ==Use==

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 ==Production==
-Bamboo and other sources of wood would be grown in greenhouses on Mars.
+Bamboo and other sources of wood would be grown in greenhouses on Mars or in parks.
 *Bamboo can yield 4 tonnes per hectare<ref>http://afribam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49:bamboo-for-plantations&catid=22&Itemid=116</ref>.