On 4 Jan, 16:32, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
geraldthehamster wrote:
On 4 Jan, 15:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
poles don't make very good firewood. Best is mature trees and they take
many years.

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You're right, coppicing as a source of fuel will never catch on.

oh, it can, but its a poor source for all but boilers designed for it.

there isn't enough land area for it to make more than a small dent in
energy usage: Its also possible that deforestation causes climatic
shifts as well.

But if the alternative is bottled gas..you probably need a heatpump!

you can get about 100w/sq meter out of that.

Unless they carry on building windmills of course. Then there won't be
any electricity at all :-)

Coppicing isn't deforestation. Especially if you plant the coppice.
It's entirely carbon neutral.

Cheers
Richard