[Stoves] MUST CHARCOAL BE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN?

[Otto Formo]

Yury,
well said and I very much agree.
Forests means clean air, water and life....................
When you have the tools why not use it........and not forget common sense and practical skills.......
Otto

> From: Yury Yudkevich [charwood at rambler.ru]
> Sent: 2010-10-13 07:48:55 MEST
> To: stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] MUST CHARCOAL BE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN?
> 
> Stovers,  Rogerio write:
> 
> I found the following quote on a FAO publication
> (http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4450e/y4450e10.htm), and I
> wonder if this is a correct statement responding to the question :
> 
> "Must charcoal be a cause for concern?
> 
> The shift from fuelwood to charcoal, even if it lasts only a few
> decades, could have major ecological consequences if it is not kept
> under control. However, since charcoal stoves are more efficient than
> wood stoves, the ratio of primary energy to usable energy is almost
> the same as with fuelwood. Thus with adequate supervision, management
> and support, the shift does not need to disrupt present levels of
> resource use."
> 
> What do you think? ?Can at the end, with actual stoves and charcoaling
> efficiencies, be the wood consumption the same?
> 
>  I think
> 
> The most remarkable technology can be used to harm people. It speaks 
> about the merits of the people, not about technology. Man has the 
> ability to recover resources that it consumes. It behaves as the Hatter 
> and the Hare from the book about Alice Carroll during teas. We must 
> restore the forest and not just consume it.
> Thank
> Yury Yudkevich.  charwood at rambler.ru
> 
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