Spud, If only dead wood is cut for firewood and cooking you are just recycling a sustainable resource. Unlike coal and oil, firewood quickly and sustainably regenerates. And basically burning dead wood is just speeding up the natural process of the decay of dead trees.
So burning dead wood for heat is NOT the problem. It's a completely sustainable process. The problem is way too many people so they are forced to cut LIVE wood and denude forests. So again it's a human overpopulation problem, not a firewood problem... Edgar On Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:43:35 PM UTC-4, spudb...@aol.com wrote: > > You have a point, Edgar, and you yourself do not have a bad effect on the > environment. However, a billion and one half fellow firewood gatherers, > might have a more profound impact, and they may do a bit more than chopping > then you do. Following Maslow's hierarchy of needs, when peoples standard > of living improves, they start demanding a cleaner environment, and worry > more about wildlife. You are doing the good because you choose to. Others > are forced to gather firewood and chop trees. I hope nobody advocates > permanent poverty as a method to protect the environment. > > Mitch > > Spud, > > Using firewood properly done does NOT disrupt the forest. I've used > firewood for heating most of my life including currently. I use only dead > trees from my own property (16 acres), not taking any with nesting holes. > Only very rarely do I cut a live tree when it's clearly on its last le > > ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
