Ah but thats the point! You don't it's a sustainable crop
You strip the cork off the tree and it grows back. The tree lives! YAY!
( Peej, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:05, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

It really isn't sustainable.
Cork grows very, very slowly. Much more slowly that it is used.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:06, Reply)

I disagree
Cork is incredibly important to the environment and screw tops and plastic corks are severely reducing the need for real cork. The cork industry is in decline because of this.
( Peej, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:10, Reply)

cork usage 5-10 years ago was unsustainable.
It might be more managable now. But it needs to be saved for wines that actually need it, and home made isn't it.

The industry would have been in decline anyway because of cork tree decimation. Better that it's in decline for lack of use and that there are still some fucking trees left

Look at me, what a fucking hippy. Anyone got any kittens I can punch to even shit out?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:17, Reply)

Can I interest you in some vegetarian recipes?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:18, Reply)

steady on.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:23, Reply)

you spelled unsustainable wrong

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:19, Reply)

you saw nothing.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:20, Reply)

i sawed the oak planks for my girlfriends wood flooring actually

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:21, Reply)

Naked Ape is your girlfriend?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:23, Reply)

and mighty badger
i get around
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:25, Reply)

i'll be singing that all afternoon now
you careless cunt
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:30, Reply)

*beach boys*

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:31, Reply)

i love the colourful clothes you wear
and the something something something in her hair
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:34, Reply)

it's kind of fucked the portuguese economy...

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:19, Reply)

That's a bit like saying
"hitting the bottom of the Atlantic kind of fucked the Titanic"

I think it was a touch ronnied regardless.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:21, Reply)

true
i like madeira though. even if it is the most overborrowed bit in europe, or something frightening like that.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:23, Reply)

i like madeira
and marble cake lol
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 25 Apr 2012, 12:25, Reply)