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Planting forests in order to burn them seems to me to be not much different. It does not reduce the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.​
You don't. They are grown for building materials, it's the surplus that gets burnt. So most of the carbon captured by the trees is sequestered in buildings. :facepalm:
 
No. The stove only acts to warm the room, and as a heater for the central heating. There's an oil-fired boiler outside the house and a cat shit fired boiler inside. Cat shit is probably more expensive than oil but I have it and have to dispose of it somewhere, so might as well get some heat from it.
At last, they're making some attempt at contributing to their upkeep.
 
You don't. They are grown for building materials, it's the surplus that gets burnt. So most of the carbon captured by the trees is sequestered in buildings. :facepalm:
That is what is being advocated, though. Planting forests in order to burn the trees at a later date.
 
That is what is being advocated, though. Planting forests in order to burn the trees at a later date.
Output from Kielder goes to various uses ... not just to burn !
Not pip props anymore, though !

Let's see, over the years I've been told that it has been sent for uses [depending on species / quality / current contracts] ranging across - timber [building, fencing etc], pulping [paper], chipboard [& similar], biomass and brashings are usually left "on site" [sometimes the bark is harvested for playgrounds / mulch].

Much more than just burnt !
 
Output from Kielder goes to various uses ... not just to burn !
Not pip props anymore, though !

Let's see, over the years I've been told that it has been sent for uses [depending on species / quality / current contracts] ranging across - timber [building, fencing etc], pulping [paper], chipboard [& similar], biomass and brashings are usually left "on site" [sometimes the bark is harvested for playgrounds / mulch].

Much more than just burnt !
Why do you assume that I referring to that particulaer forest?
 
I don't assume that at all.
It is just that Kielder is an area I know quite well [I live near it] and I have information about it to share, as an example to support my comments.
It's also a pretty big place and at 250 square miles, it is the largest man-made forest in England ...
I spent many a sideways hour in Kielder. It used to be my playground in my rallying days of old.
 
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