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Trees - the fantasy and the reality
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<blockquote data-quote="Nithsdale" data-source="post: 8121755" data-attributes="member: 17508"><p>For every kg of wool grown - that alone is 1.5kgs of carbon sequestered.</p><p></p><p>1 Sitka tree may only get to 1t when felled... but will lost 30-40% rapidly (moisture content).</p><p></p><p>1,000 ewes running on a hill for the last 100 years removes more carbon than trees on the equivalent land ever could... and that's before you take into account what the grass and soils do - or peat!!</p><p></p><p>And remember, wool is a forever product once used.</p><p></p><p>Most trees are now being burned for power - releasing 100% of all carbon which was painfully slowly captured over the previous 40years of growth <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤦🏻♂️" title="Man facepalming: light skin tone :man_facepalming_tone1:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f926-1f3fb-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_facepalming_tone1:" />it is f**king pointless</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What management 'in house' could you do if your farm was planted, to give you an income between the grant for planting and the crop being felled?? Thinnings are worth very little</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nithsdale, post: 8121755, member: 17508"] For every kg of wool grown - that alone is 1.5kgs of carbon sequestered. 1 Sitka tree may only get to 1t when felled... but will lost 30-40% rapidly (moisture content). 1,000 ewes running on a hill for the last 100 years removes more carbon than trees on the equivalent land ever could... and that's before you take into account what the grass and soils do - or peat!! And remember, wool is a forever product once used. Most trees are now being burned for power - releasing 100% of all carbon which was painfully slowly captured over the previous 40years of growth 🤦🏻♂️it is f**king pointless What management 'in house' could you do if your farm was planted, to give you an income between the grant for planting and the crop being felled?? Thinnings are worth very little [/QUOTE]
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