The only electrical fire vector they needed to worry about 780 years ago was lightning storms.
I'm not proposing ugly or out of touch changes. Materials changes like titanium instead of lead are exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about. Not all of the oak will be in publicly viewable areas.
I'm surprised and disappointed you don't keep forests around simply to benefit nature and humanity without needing a pretext of building construction.
Titanium is a, extremely expensive, alternative to steel and aluminium when strength and weight are an issue. I literally never heard anyone propose to replace lead with it...
I'm not proposing ugly or out of touch changes. Materials changes like titanium instead of lead are exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about. Not all of the oak will be in publicly viewable areas.
I'm surprised and disappointed you don't keep forests around simply to benefit nature and humanity without needing a pretext of building construction.