Not to belabor a point Edgar, but wood gathering for 1.7 billion does incur forest chopping. Yes it is renewable, but if one is focus not only on flora, but fauna, giving this 1.7 billion a good substitute seems to be the way to go. My own personal favorite is wind, sun, and molten salt, but I am neither an engineer nor, an economist, to see how well my proposal might work. As for us, I would lead by example. However, please note, I have no influence, no pull, no money. Therefore, the world will continue onward despite what I state. My status is that of a particle on a particle. My political influence is confined to the planck width.
Cheers, Mitch -----Original Message----- From: Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]> To: everything-list <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Mar 21, 2014 7:16 am Subject: Re: The situation at Fukushima appears to be deteriorating 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, [email protected] 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
