Energy shortages: medieval horrors?
…used. Heavy harvesting reduced woodlands to 7% of England’s land area (they have recovered to 13% today). Winter’s skyline was particularly bleak, as no evergreens have yet been introduced from…
Finnish forests: trees, yields, costs, value?
…(gross), while the costs of forestry are around €20/hectare/year and the costs of harvesting are around €20/m3. Splits are also given in later tabs of the data-file between pines, spruce,…
Wooden wind turbines?
…significantly decreased cost… [and] increased cost efficiency in the harvesting of wind turbines”. CO2 emissions in the construction of a wind turbine can be reduced by at least 25%. Progress….
Managed reforestation: growth rates by tree species over time?
…harvesting as more reforestation projects are undertaken to combat climate change (note here). Relatively faster growing species tend to remain relatively faster growing even after longer time-frames. This may be…
If a tree falls in a forest…
…numbers, the periodic harvesting of forests should not be considered to detract from the benefit of reforestation projects in offsetting CO2. Each ton of green wood cut down may still…
Reforestation: costs of CO2 removals?
…date captures the whole of Finland’s forestry industry (superb nay sublime). This informs our opex costs ($/hectare/year) and our harvesting costs (in $/m3). Reforestation costs are estimated at $50/ton of…