Just a note, not only England but also Ireland's forests were destroyed for marine fleets.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:56 AM, David G. LeVine <[email protected]>wrote: > On 07/19/2012 06:27 AM, Peter & Kerry wrote: > > The great forests of England were destroyed by the early steel industry, > not people cooking. In fact the need to find a replacement source of carbon > and subsequent development of the coking industry was what led to the > massively expanded coal industry. If you really want to see what is the > real problem in the world take a look at a night image of the population > centres of the UK & Europe. Not much room between the lights for trees to > grow. > > > Another factor was England's marine fleets. The main masts on large > sailing ships literally grew on trees! > > Dave 8{) > > > -- > *"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look > at the men he has around him."* > Niccolo Machiavelli > > * NOTE TO ALL: > When forwarding emails, please use only "Blind Carbon Copy" or "Bcc" for > all recipients. Please "delete" or "highlight & cut" any forwarding history > which includes my email address! It is a courtesy to me and others who may > not wish to have their email addresses sent all over the world! Erasing the > history helps prevent Spammers from mining addresses and viruses from being > propagated. * > > THANK YOU! > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ > > -- Skype: Joshua.bogart Emial: [email protected]
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