random37 wrote:PDQ Mobile wrote:Geothermal, tidal, solar, wind, hydro it's all out there.
Use what is suitable for one's circumstance and environment surely?
Wood, properly used, has an important part to play.
Geothermal, tidal, solar, wind and hydro do have a part to play. Wood is for people that have land, and therefore money. So is solar, at the minute. It's chronic shortsightedness that will cost future generations dearly.
If you think that heating your home sustainably from your own private woodland and generating your own electricity from solar panels makes any difference whatever, you are deluding yourself.
Most of my wood comes from forestry waste.
Some comes from a neighbours wind blown damage.
It is certainly sustainable and the energy input to collect and process it all is very tiny.
Wood is carbon neutral because the cycle is so fast.
It is also excellent value to me monetarily because of what I save on energy costs.
The sums work, but the hourly rate is low!
I have to say not all people with a little land are rich.
Indeed I know hill farmers with quite large tracts that only make a fairly humble living for long hours of work and the farm only supports one farmer. The sons have to go out to work.
Small holders cannot make a living, merely offset costs.
So if you think landowning equals money, I think it is you who is delusional.