Niel,
I thought by translation from Swedish that it is usually direct related to the size of the yearly addition of thickness and the age of the tree. This does not necessary translates to the hardness of the wood, but in many cases it does. What it does translate to is the time it takes for the tree to grow. Teak, Oak, Jacaranda, Balsa, etc is hardwood and Pine is softwood. I doubt that the American pallets are made of Balsa, but if they are it is equally wrong and also totally useless. Maybe it is a translation error here and then I apologize. The point was the time it takes to produce the wood, not the hardness. If American pallets are made of a fast growing hardwood, I must have made a mistake. Hakan At 07:17 AM 11/25/2002 +1100, you wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Hakan Falk > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:37 AM > Subject: Re: [biofuel] Back Online > <snippo> > > > Even the fast growing teak, developed mainly in > central and south America, takes at least 2-4 the time to mature as pine > trees and it is questionable if it is still hardwood. The fast growing > teak > is softer, but still have the natural defense against humidity and insects. > > Hakan, hardness has nothing to do with whether a tree is a hardwood or > a softwood, this is really a misnomer. Balsa wood is a hardwood. > It is all related to whether the tree is pored or nonpored. With > hardwoods being pored. In fact the correct terminology is Angiosperm, > seeds in fruit, broadleaves, pored timber (hardwoods) and Gymnosperms, > naked seeds in cones, usually narrow leaves, non pored timber (softwoods) > Neil > Canberra > > > <snippo> > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> ˇFREE Health Insurance Quotes-eHealthInsurance.com http://us.click.yahoo.com/1.voSB/RnFFAA/46VHAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
