“What wood. There aren’t enough trees or wood burning stoves in Germany to keep the Germans warm this winter.”
Thank you for pointing out the elephant in the living room.
At some point, I’ll do the math, but I suspect I’ll get the same result, which is that there may be enough wood in the remaining German forests for a population of 8 million, but not nearly enough for 80 million.
Lots of people here figure that since they have 5 acres of land, every German family has the same - but that simply is NOT the case.
On top of that, will the wood that they have even be dried out for this winter, if they’re only now starting to understand the need to harvest it?
Plenty of wood if you pry the shingles off your neighbor’s house.
Freezing in cities is not a lot of fun. This happened during the breakup of Yugoslavia. Every tree in every park gets cut down for firewood. Heirloom furniture is burned. Door frames. Interior doors.
Not to mention the fire and carbon monoxide risk of improvised fireplaces in apartment buildings.
I think the old figure used was it takes 10-15 acres of woods to heat a home without the fear of ever running out.
I would say import it from the US, but our forests are burning to the ground.