Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2023-06-03 22:12
I don't get why carbon fibre or plastic whatever would be more environmentally friendly than wood though. Isn't the carbon footprint of that huge?
I mean if we're in a discipline where the absolute ideal is to make something out of wood, aren't we in a pretty top-notch place environmentally? Then we just need to make sure that the trees are grown and harvested in a good way (by not clear felling a whole forest).
It's not even as though the rest of the tree is just thrown away. I mean presumably it can be used for other stuff, just like the other parts of vandoren cane plants are used for other stuff.
A large part of the reason why French cane from the Var region is so successful is because there is a huge chain of other people who use the other parts of the cane plant in a useful and profitable way. Setting that whole chain up in another place like California, is a really big job.
I would really like to see an objective analysis of the carbon footprint of 3D print v carbon fibre v plastic v farmed wood, before we thow away the idea of the wooden clarinet.
Addition: I just found Yamaha's report on sustainability:
https://www.yamaha.com/en/csr/download/pdf/sr_2022_en.pdf
and this is their update on farmed trees:
https://www.yamaha.com/en/csr/feature/feature_14/
Adult learner, Grade 3
Equipment: Yamaha Custom CX Bb, Fobes 10K CF mp,
Legere Soprano Sax American Cut #2, Vandoren Optimum German Lig.
Post Edited (2023-06-03 22:25)
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