so just accidentally wipe out the maples

and boom

pines

No.

money can build a park

not an ecosystem tho

"a park"

kinda can...

money if it has enough worth, can do anything

By the way this wasnt just planting pines over the maples

however things we cant do usually have a worth well over the amount of money we have

forest technician sounds interesting

@Summī Imperator, 呪い殿 that explains it

This guy stripped the land to the rock.

And replaced the soil.

You see plants repopulate...

And the maples still took priority

why were they replacing in the first place?

Because pines grow to maturity in a decade or two.

And then you can sell them

Maples take 40+

oh so it was for commercial purposes?

Yes.

For building materials.

Sounds like he wasn't just trying to build a forest

He was trying to build a forest to his specifications

He was trying to change a forest.

From hardwoods to soft woods.

building a forest is easy

controlling a natrual forest without wiping it out and starting from scratch is not

It's not too hard to make a hardwood forest.

Unless the soil is acidic

But it won't be profitable for a long time.

Okay, but I don't care about that. I was interested in whether you can rebuild a forest with enough money. Your example does not contradict that.

^ yeah

Maybe if you had billions

you obviously can build a forest with money

You could remake a forest.

but its hard to replace a forest completely

But it wouldn't be worth it and nature would do it in the same amount of time.

what purpose is rebuilding if it doesn't profit from the entrepreneur's perspective?