This article was frustrating because it seemed to not understand the value of why we use what materials we do.
I could make a knife from wood now and it would be sharp enough to cut steak. It, just like cheaper steel knives, wouldn't remain sharp as long as it's higher value counterparts.
They mention wooden nails but don't mention if they'll fill an important role nails do -- their success isn't only that they're hard enough to nail through wood, but that they can bend. Houses move. The nails have to have that bit of movement too.
Yes yes, you've made wood roughly as hard as steel, but steel has more than hardness going for it.
I could make a knife from wood now and it would be sharp enough to cut steak. It, just like cheaper steel knives, wouldn't remain sharp as long as it's higher value counterparts.
They mention wooden nails but don't mention if they'll fill an important role nails do -- their success isn't only that they're hard enough to nail through wood, but that they can bend. Houses move. The nails have to have that bit of movement too.
Yes yes, you've made wood roughly as hard as steel, but steel has more than hardness going for it.