[Stoves] 5 USD per this armful sized bundle of fuelwood of softpine fuelwood

[Anand Karve]

Dear Stovers,
transport of insect pests from different geographic regions is happening
all the time but the instance of the exotic pest becoming a pest in the
host country is rather rare. It happens occasionally and these examples are
blown out of proportion to scare people away from importing biomass and
plants from other areas of the world. In nature there are about 100,000
species of insects that can be considered to be phytophagous. Take a look
at any plant species, and one finds not 100,000 species of insects on it
but only 5 or 6. This is because all plants have their own inherent
insecticides in their cells, which protect them from most of the insect
pests in the world. Only those 5 or 6 insect species that have evolved the
capacity to digest that particular poison can survive on that plant
species. That is also the reason why the pests of plants are specific to
each species. One never finds the pests of mustard on tomato, or the pests
of tomato on corn. Therefore, if an insect pest gets into the USA from
India, it won't survive in the USA, because the specific host required by
that insect would not be available to it in the USA. That is also the
reason why exotic plant species thrive well in other habitats. Take, for
instance, Eucalyptus introduced from Australia into other parts of the
world. The local insect pests in the host country are unable to feed on
Eucalyptus, which therefore grows in the host country without any natural
enemies.
Yours
A.D.Karve


On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Andrew C. Parker <acparker at xmission.com>wrote:

> Firewood imported from other regions (worse, from overseas) can also
> transport unwelcome travelers.  The same goes for wood chips.  It has been
> a poorly regulated sector, regarding non-native pests and disease.
>  Hopefully it has tightened up in the last few years.
>
>
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:23:40 -0600, Richard Stanley <
> rstanley at legacyfound.org> wrote:
>
> Kevin,
>> Good point. I expect about 3 kgs (dry medium to low density pine). Its
>> from home town of Ashland / Southern Oregon ---but still part of the great
>> Pacific Northwest.
>> Richard Stanley
>> =============
>> On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Kevin wrote:
>>
>> OFF LIST
>>
>> Dear Richard
>>
>> It doesn't say where, or how much. :-(
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Stanley" <
>> rstanley at legacyfound.org>
>> To: "Discussion cooking stoves of biomass" <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.*
>> *org <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:32 PM
>> Subject: [Stoves] 5 USD per this armful sized bundle of fuelwood of
>> softpine fuelwood
>>
>>
>> Heres what we pay for fuelwood in these armful sized bundles of soft
>> pine: Outrageous eh !
>>
>>
>>
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Dr. A.D. Karve
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