[August]

Originally Posted by Betonov

You're right Takeda, It would be too much deforestation to heat 1/4 of US homes. But you don't need to heat 1/4 of US homes with wood.

The mistakes everyone makes with renewable enrgy is the belief that there's one universal solution. You won't get anywhere with just one type. You put more solutions into the problem.

You heat 500 000 homes with wood, you get 500 000 homes away from oil/gas consumption. New England, Maine, Montana, Canada would benefit due to large wood stocks and low sunlight/wind.
Texas doesn't need wood stoves, that wouldn't be smart. Texas, Nevada, sunny states would get 1.000.000 homes into solar power, 1M homes away from oil/gas and not one tree needs to be chopped to heat them.

Tecnology in wood burning has improved since the homestead stoves. A hectare can heat a small town or village. Funrniture industry waste can be turned into pellets or briquetes and one factory can heat the homes of their employes with that leftovers.

Renewable energy is taking gradual steps. One home with solar power, another with wind power, a third with wood and you've already cut fossil fuel dependence to 3 fammilies.

Well said.

Besides wood is the only heating fuel that warms you twice. When you burn it and before when you cut, split and stack it.