[TheForge] Charcoal

[Ron Childers]

The storms blew down a lot of trees and I have several miles of fence row
that need cleaning. Bring a saw, axe or whatever, and a truck. Cut it and
you can have it. Trees have to be trimmed and that wood will work also.
Don't use China berry or pressure treated wood as they are toxic. There are
several hundred cords of oak, pecan, cherry, maple, etc that will go to
waste anyway, so the environment isn't going to suffer.

Ron C

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Saint Phlip
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 11:56 AM
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Charcoal

Andy, charcoal is actually quite a sustainable resource, unlike coal
which will be gone when it's gone. Proper tree management can provide
all the charcoal anyone needs. Have you ever looked into withies? If
you cut a tree, and encourage, rather than prune, the suckers, you can
develop much more biomass than letting the tree grow as it originally
intended to. Not only that, but in so growing, it provides lots of
habitat for critters that aren't comfortable in high tree types of
forests.

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Andy Gladish <gladish at cablerocket.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:25:41 -0700, Brian Reedy <lfpd7311 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Now, someone talk me out of using charcoal and
>>
>> convince me to use something else.
>
> I'm not going to try to talk you out of using this fantastic forge fuel,
but
> there is a downside. Look into where it comes from and the environmental
> destruction associated with its production. Like any fuel, there's a heavy
> cost not only to you but for everyone...as with coal and propane.
>
> Andy G
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