<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Paal and list:</div><div><br></div><div> Thanks for this new data below. I wonder if you (and others) can make this more quantitative - in terms of trees per hectare, tonnes biomass (wet and dry or carbon) per hectare per year, and dollars per kg or tonne (and what units - wet/dry biomass or carbon). </div><div><br></div><div> I have seen recommendations for a planting of 10,000 trees per hectare (one per square meter). With your 360 value, might this be late in a woodlot history - or a preferred alternative starting value for the tree density?</div><div><br></div><div> I hear of wood values often around $50/tonne (US $.05/kg) wholesale. Updating by 15 years, what would be the retail market value in Uganda of the 4-5 kg needed per family - both near the source and in the city? Or any similar quantitative data - anywhere in the world.</div><div><br></div><div> Thanks for reminding us of the beauty of a machete.</div><div><br></div><div>Ron</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Jan 7, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Paal Wendelbo <<a href="mailto:paaw@online.no">paaw@online.no</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: en-us"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dear
Paul A</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: en-us"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Up to
40 mm green sprouts from energy forest activity in Africa, can easy be cut with
a machete at an angle about 45 ˚. They will split up and dry fast in the sun,
ready to be used for cooking in a TLUD within two days. 1000 trees can be
planted at one ha, and will give about 10 kg yield each every year. The leaves
should be left at the field. 360 trees around 1 ha land will give about 3600 kg,
plenty of fuel for a household and even some for sale. Into a good TLUD this
type of fuel will give about 20% biochar, which can go back to the energy forest
or soil.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: en-us"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </font></span><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">We had
an experiment at Nyabyeia Forest College in Uganda 15 years ago with a 75 hp.
tractor with a wood chipper and two men with machete cutting pine twigs. The two
men could compete in price per bag, but not in quantity and they got tired. A
household need about 4-5 kg per day for cooking, and that will easy be cut by
somebody in the compound.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: en-us"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Best
regards Paal W</font></span></p></div></div></div>
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