- Location
- Chardon, OH
I didn't forget the ashes. That's just not a very big job for me, relative to the others.
Firewood Shortage in Europe
- Thread starter stheis004
- Start date
pete3d
Participating member
- Location
- Hinchinbrooke
Wow Fredrich,
I typically sell about 50 cubic meters of dry split hardwood a year. That price in “my”money that would bring in about $33,000 which is about $30,500 more than I currently realize.
I had better reach out to @Reach and reserve a corner on his boat!
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
When I worked in North Carolina I saw long trains made up of hundreds of open top cars full of wood chips. I thought they were going for pulp or OSB products. I found that they were bound for Europe as ‘green’ fuel. Huh? Shipping chips a third of the way around the world?
Firewood has been going to Europe for awhile already. I saw these trainloads in 2012
Firewood has been going to Europe for awhile already. I saw these trainloads in 2012
Stumpsprouts
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Asheville
ATH
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Findlay, Ohio
Like the European imported birch firewood at Lowes and Home Depot so it can be stamped FSC certified?
Yep.
ATH
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Findlay, Ohio
I worked for Weyerhauser for a summer in coastal NC 1997. They were producing clean (debarked) chips in the woods, putting them on a ship and sending to British Columbia. I think that was a preference for SYP chips for paper, more than greenwashing though.
Mick Dempsey
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- France
€100 a cube here. Ad on FB market place today
flushcut
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Delavan, WI
I used to sell the same basket for $100.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
The big picture about Euro wood burning
www.theguardian.com
Burning forests for energy isn't 'renewable' – now the EU must admit it | Greta Thunberg and others
The EU’s classification of wood fuels is accelerating the climate crisis. Next week, a key vote can change that, says Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists
www.theguardian.com
ATH
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Findlay, Ohio
clearly whoever wrote and published that has never visited the southern pine plantation where the biomass EU is importing comes from.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
Too often people look at the plantation tree farms and don’t understand that they are different than the wild forests that provide reindeer food
Tree plantations are more akin to cornfields. The wildness was removed long ago and many clear cuts later
Without a cradle to grave analysis per btu energy issues are impossible to compare. What energy is green and which is ‘dirty’
Nuclear claims to be clean until mining/processing and storage of spent fuel is accounted for
Conservation and reduction are the only ways to get ahead
Tree plantations are more akin to cornfields. The wildness was removed long ago and many clear cuts later
Without a cradle to grave analysis per btu energy issues are impossible to compare. What energy is green and which is ‘dirty’
Nuclear claims to be clean until mining/processing and storage of spent fuel is accounted for
Conservation and reduction are the only ways to get ahead
flushcut
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Delavan, WI
I will add efficiency to your list as well.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
Efficiency is covered by reduction
ATH
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Findlay, Ohio
It can be...but reduction can mean different things.
For example...a drive from Florida to Washington. Efficiency, might mean using less fuel to do that. So you covered that by a "reduction" in fuel use. But reduction could also mean not making that trip at all. No efficiency improvement there, but clearly a reduction.
Serf Life
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Maine Island
Saw this yesterday at an italian farm. Pto bandsaw and splitter all in one. Neat but scary watching two people work.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
Do you have more pics?
Serf Life
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Maine Island
Just this, has the model number on it. Very few levers. The bulk of the firewood we’ve seen is quite small in diameter and quantity, lots of limb wood which is what this rig is setup for. 
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
That was what I needed.
www.makxilia.biz
BAND SAW Mod. SN SV 600 - TRAILER-MOUNTED MODEL WITH VERTICAL HYDRAULIC WOOD SPLITTER WITH 3-PHASE ELECTRIC MOTOR HP 7,5 - As per E.C. rules
BAND SAW Mod. SN SV 600 - TRAILER-MOUNTED MODEL WITH VERTICAL HYDRAULIC WOOD SPLITTER WITH 3-PHASE ELECTRIC MOTOR HP 7,5 - As per E.C. rules
www.makxilia.biz
Stumpsprouts
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Asheville
Here Tom, there’s a pic of a man bringing a pile of wood to the bandsaw to be processed into firewood. No hard hat or muffs or anything.
