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Is there enough wood in the world to feed sustainability? [AGW propaganda]
Deutsche Welle ^ | 05.01.2020 | Richard Orange

Posted on 05/02/2020 11:25:39 AM PDT by Olog-hai

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To: amorphous

White pine, used for bolt wood....spruce, balsam, hemlock, maple, beech, birch and some oak, as well as poplar, cedar, etc.

When prices are high, the landowners get some good money when the trees are harvested.


21 posted on 05/02/2020 12:10:28 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm triggered by liberals and other assorted moonbats.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
Jest messin' with ya... lol I have a few acres of timberland myself.

But not in Maine...:)

22 posted on 05/02/2020 12:15:20 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: a fool in paradise

A presumed “first world” nation that acts like it wants to be second world is already second world.


23 posted on 05/02/2020 12:23:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

How many third world “refugees” can you admit into a suicidal first world nation before it becomes third world?


24 posted on 05/02/2020 12:26:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- “First thing I’d do is repeal those Trump tax cuts.” (May 4th, 2019))
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To: amorphous

No problema!

I wish I had hundreds of acres of Maine wild blueberries instead....a valuable crop would come in every two years....much faster than trees.


25 posted on 05/02/2020 12:48:40 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm triggered by liberals and other assorted moonbats.)
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To: Trumpet 1
as a form of medicine to keep alcoholics from drinking.

What a hellbound load of sinfulness.

Find some plant that keeps your nose out of other people's business.

Whoever thought that mess up needs an ass whoopin'.

26 posted on 05/02/2020 12:54:19 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Olog-hai

AL Gore’s head could keep a family warm for several hours.


27 posted on 05/02/2020 12:58:44 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
Trees don't grow as fast in northern climes, that's for sure. Back in college forestry class, we studied financial return as when to harvest. After some initial thinning, it became an issue of when growth equaled return on money in the bank. Back then it was around 3.5% which equaled southern forest growth at around a 30 year maturity. Wouldn't you like receive 3.5% back on your bank savings account now, lol.

With vegetables and berry crops, the above doesn't apply as much. Certainly in Alaska, with their abundant daily summer season sunshine the growth rate of vegetables is unreal.


28 posted on 05/02/2020 1:02:25 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: Olog-hai

Just report that cutting down trees spreads the coronavirus. No one will go near a tree, let alone cut one down.

Fow-Chi could verify the report and everyone would believe. Also Trump could state that cutting down trees could be a “game changer” in the fight against the coronavirus. He would be mocked and criticized and ostracized for that statement by the press day in and day out.

New studies would emerge claiming any evidence Trump has is anecdotal and that these new studies PROVE him wrong. What the hell does Trump know about SCIENCE! /s


29 posted on 05/02/2020 1:57:18 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Coal is just ancient forests that got buried in the past.

Not quite right. Looks more like oilfields are abiotic - carbon dioxide in the mantle getting squished into long-chain hydrocarbons.

I used to think that was a fringe hypothesis but it seems to be gaining traction.

If so the term "fossil fuel" is inaccurate.

30 posted on 05/02/2020 2:00:13 PM PDT by corkoman
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To: Trumpet 1

Kudzu leaves and seed pods can be fermented. Full of sugar, you could make ethanol from them.

In fact, you could use Kudzu; leaves, vines, seed pods, roots, 100% of it as biomass.

Technically, biomass is ANY plant or animal material used for energy production, or in various industrial processes as raw substance for a range of products. It can be purposely grown energy crops, wood or forest residues, waste from food crops, horticulture, food processing, animal farming, or even human waste from sewage plants.

So yes, Kudzu has plenty of energy uses.

Still, there’s much cheaper sources of energy. Gasoline is my favorite. Drill, baby, drill.

But using Kudzu can make the greenies help get rid of it!


31 posted on 05/02/2020 2:22:02 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: Olog-hai

Well, planting and harvesting trees takes carbon out of the atmosphere, the harvesting and building with wood provides employment, the end result is housing and commercial construction that benefits the country. Lumberjacking is actually one of the most dangerous jobs in existence, but it’s a job.

If part of the AGW hysteria can be co-opted and some better tree harvesting programs put in place, take a win where you can get it.


32 posted on 05/02/2020 2:30:41 PM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: Olog-hai

Potlatch, Rayonier, Weyerhaeuser, Pope Resources, Catchmark.


33 posted on 05/02/2020 3:06:18 PM PDT by MSF BU
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