Akita-jin \"Lee Love\" on mon 30 dec 96
Just a quick note,
If you maintain a woodlot for the purpose of wood for fuel, you
actually cause a net reduction of hydrocarbons and particulate matter in
the air. 2/3rds of the carbon taken out of the air by a tree is
imbeded beneath the ground as roots and also as leaves, bark and sawdust
in the top soil. This is espeically helpful if you plant a woodlot on a
previously "raped" section of Mother Earth. This makes it more
ecologically helpful than electricity.
Lee In St. Paul
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Dannon Rhudy on tue 31 dec 96
Ok, Lee, so if I have 150 acres of woods or so, (I do), and it
has not been timbered in about 100 years (it hasn't) and I just
use the downed trees for fuel, I should be polluting less than
if I used propane (natural gas not available there). Right?
I would prefer that to be true, because that's the plan. However,
in honesty, I would fire with wood in any case in that place,
because that is what is available to me, and it is lying there
slowly decomposing anyway, with whatever various substances that
process adds to air/water/soil. Nothing stays the same, with
or without human intervention. I would guess, offhand, that
Mikasa polutes far more in producing their gazillion sets of
dinnerware per year than all the potters in the U.S. combined,
whatever they may be firing with.
None of the above means that I am careless of my heritage
(god-and-my-Cherokee-grandmother-forbid!). Far
from it. Only that a bit of thoughtful reason might be in
order, whatever we may do.
Dannon Rhudy
potter@koyote.com
-------------original message--------
Just a quick note,
If you maintain a woodlot for the purpose of wood for
fuel, you
actually cause a net reduction of hydrocarbons and particulate
matter in
the air. 2/3rds of the carbon taken out of the air by a tree is
imbeded beneath the ground as roots and also as leaves, bark and
sawdust
in the top soil. This is espeically helpful if you plant a
woodlot on a
previously "raped" section of Mother Earth. This makes it more
ecologically helpful than electricity.
Lee In St. Paul
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