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#256131 - 11/04/09 05:17 AM
Do you burn wood?
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Daniel Andersen
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Hey.
Are you using wood right? Did you know that it's actually okay to chop woods - but not to burn it because of the CO2 pollution? This is a new video that tells you about it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni4Cy9gLsPs
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#256132 - 11/04/09 05:37 AM
Re: Do you burn wood?
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Melissa Thom
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*head in hands* This makes my head hurt. My second career choice was in forestry management
Ok... the theory goes like this. Trees sequester carbon... therefore if you trap the carbon in a log and bury/store it in a place it won't degrade like in the bottom of a lake or turn it into a cabinet that carbon is trapped.... in theory forever. You grow another tree and repeat the process thereby reducing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.
This of course is assuming you believe the following:
Human beings can impact CO2 levels in the atmosphere in 50 years or less.
That there are enough heat generating sources in the world besides wood to meet demand.
That processing this wood and storing it doesn't require as much carbon as burning the stupid log in the first place.
That the resulting short term biomass will be less than the original tree cut down.
The main issue I have with this junk science is that it doesn't take into consideration the bigger picture of energy required to do these environmental tasks and negates the people in this world that NEED a cheap energy source for warmth. Honestly if they were really all that interested in pulling carbon out of the atmosphere they'd be looking at how to store algae blooms. The problem is it's really hard to sell that idea.
Oh yeah... Hi Dan! Welcome to the Forum.
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#256144 - 11/04/09 09:20 AM
Re: Do you burn wood?
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Michael_Wise
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I absolutely LOVE starting a fire on a cold, winter night when I get home from work!
Reminds me. I need to go clean up the property of a couple oaks that blew down during storms.
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#256205 - 11/05/09 05:42 AM
Re: Do you burn wood?
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Daniel Andersen
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I absolutely LOVE starting a fire on a cold, winter night when I get home from work!
Reminds me. I need to go clean up the property of a couple oaks that blew down during storms.
Of course it's cosy to have a nice little fireplace  The point is that a lot of wood can be recycled or used as building material... and that's way better then to burn it.
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#256368 - 11/07/09 07:04 PM
Re: Do you burn wood?
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Charlie Snyder
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If we can't burn wood, how am I supposed to get rid of the growing mound of used SchH dumbbells?
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In my mind, trees are a renewable crop (with some exceptions)and are great for numerous uses... building, burning, climbing, protection in paint ball games, etc...
