Nature Communications: "Europe's 'Renewable Energy' Policy Likely to Destroy It's Forests."

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2. Speaking of trees, I hope you don't mind my arbitrary divergence

Some years ago I procured a set of organ pipes of the '32 musical range, if you know organs. The largest of them is 27' in height. Not being in usable shape and having no history for them I decided to do some semi-professional analysis of their origin. From the style of organ construction they date earlier than the 1890's and are English. From the type of square nails imbedded within, they date early 19th century. But the type of hardening process used on those nails, and the deer hyde and glue used to seal the walls, they date between 1750 and 1800. Here's the catch, they are made from Spruce. A single wall of the largest is 27' of knotless 2 3/4 inch thick by 18 inch wide virgin spruce from England cut down in the 18th century. It could be a thousand or more years old. This tree was alive before the Norman invasion while the Anglo-Saxons ruled and the time of the writing of Beowulf. It predates Edward I in your comment. Then I realized these trees no longer exist. Virgin Spruce in Europe went extinct the end of the 19th century. Why? They were used mostly to burn for fuel... and among other things, to make pipe organs. Perspectives.