> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&ncid=585&e=4&u=/nm/20030 921/sc_nm/environment_kyoto_dc
excerpt: > TORONTO (Reuters) - European countries could help meet their Kyoto emissions > requirements by using forestry waste products like left-over tree stumps and foliage > to produce energy, scientists said on Sunday. > Stumps, branches, tree tops and other foliage left in forests by logging firms release > carbon dioxide over time as they decompose. Using the material as fuel to produce > electricity, or processing them into pulp and paper, could cut down on greenhouse > gas emissions, the scientists said in a report released before a World Forestry Congress > meeting in Quebec City. The major problem with this from my perspective (forested land in northern Minnesota, USA) is erosion. If you're going to take the trees for lumber, at least leave the stumps and roots to hold the soil together while the next crop of trees grows. My mother's land will have a new growth of young aspens in 5 or so years after being harvested last year. Without the stumps, the soil will be drastically reduced in quality well before then because of wind and water erosion, and this is basically flat land. Pete ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Remanufactured Ink Cartridges & Refill Kits at MyInks.com for: HP $8-20. Epson $3-9, Canon $5-15, Lexmark $4-17. Free s/h over $50 (US & Canada). http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=6351 http://us.click.yahoo.com/0zJuRD/6CvGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
