Re: [Adastra] Tree planting

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The thinking here is, growing trees take carbon directly from the atmosphere, 
so when you burn them you are only releasing carbon that was recently in the 
atmosphere anyway.  This is percieved as better than burning fossil fuels, 
which is releasing carbon that has been locked up for billions of years, so 
adding to the total atmospheric carbon present today.

So long as new trees are grown to replace those burnt, the overall atmospheric 
carbon will not be increased by burning wood.

I saw that countryfile report... my worry was that, if we were all looking for 
wood to burn, there would be no old rotting timber left around, thus ruining 
some important habitats.

Bev
--- On Wed, 25/11/09, Patrick Roper <patr...@prassociates.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Patrick Roper <patr...@prassociates.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Adastra] Tree planting
> To: "'Adastra discussion group'" <adastra@lists.sxbrc.org.uk>
> Date: Wednesday, 25 November, 2009, 23:40
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> The FC cite wood fuel as a
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>   Along similar lines, I was concerned
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>   Countryfile (or similar) about burning lots of dead wood
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>   fuel as it is releasing carbon anyway! 
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>   Sarah
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>   --- On Wed, 25/11/09, Patrick Roper
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>   From: Patrick Roper <patr...@prassociates.co.uk>
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>   Subject: [Adastra] Tree planting
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>   To: "'Adastra discussion group'"
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>   Cc: "Dave Bonsall"
> <davidbons...@woodland-trust.org.uk>
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>   Date: Wednesday, 25 November, 2009, 22:40 
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>   report recommending that more trees be planted in Britain
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>   It has, I think, been implied that these should be native
> species, but there
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>   is a very depressing list of conifers and other exotics
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> local provenance may
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>   The report can be downloaded here:
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>   http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/SynthesisUKAssessmentfinal.pdf/$FILE/Synthesi
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>   sUKAssessmentfinal.pdf
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>   Is it about adapting to climate change, or ensuring the
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