22 Jun 2022 9:16 am
I have enough natural windfall on 5 acres to keep a 2000 Sq ft home heated with ease. There is also so much "thinning" of the living trees that I will never, ever get caught up with.razoo » 22 Jun 2022, 8:29 am » wrote: ↑ If the entire population turned to wood for heat there would be no more trees. When wood burning heat was all that there was the population was not that great in numbers.
The nation and the world need a variety of choices = let's be practical in our thinking. Wood burning heat has a fine fragrance and can be romantic. HOWEVER it comes with a lot of ash dust which is very cool but not for electronics
and people who despise cleaning house. For some a face mask would be in order for cleaner breathing purposes.
Wood burning is not for everyone and we need a ton trees for clean air and such. A variety of heat sources is practical.
So back in the day when it was considered normal to live on 5 acres plus, a family of 5 or 6 would only need to set aside 2 of those acres for their self sustaining woodlot where fast growing Birch and a mixture of evergreens existed.
I don't have the troubles you do with ashes drifting into my stereo equipment..but I've only been at this for 30 years.