Is wood burning carbon neutral ?

Chris

On Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:59 PM [GMT+1=CET],
Graham wrote:

>> Transition Town Westcliff in partnership with
>> Scarlett Fireplaces
>>
>> *WOOD ENERGY FOR A LOW CARBON FUTURE*
>>
>> 17th July 2008
>>
>> 7.30 onwards
>> at
>> Scarlett Fireplaces
>> 164 London Road
>> Southend on Sea
>>
>> *ABOUT THIS EVENING*
>>
>> A presentation and discussion led by Jason Scarlett
>> exploring how we
>> can ensure future fuel resilience for Westcliff on
>> Sea.
>>
>> Current energy and environmental issues are on all
>> our minds. With
>> gas and oil prices rising and stocks depleting the
>> mention of
>> renewable energy is no longer just the concern of
>> the green ones
>> among us. One answer lies wood fuel derived from the
>> sustainable
>> management (coppicing) and replanting of our local
>> indigenous
>> woodlands.
>> Wood burning can be eased into modern lifestyles as
>> part of a real
>> and necessary carbon neutral alternative to fossil
>> fuels. Heating
>> your home with logs can mean that your energy bill
>> incurs no
>> standing charge and is paid directly to the local
>> forest industry
>> that manage our woodland, street and garden trees.
>> In turn, local
>> councils, farmers and land owners see tree planting
>> more favourably.
>>
>> Free admission, however due to limited space booking
>> is essential,
>> please email info@... or ring 01702
>> 335054 to ensure
>> your place!
>>
>> Download a PDF poster for display
>> http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/transition/ttwwoodenergyposter.pdf
>>
>> *ABOUT TRANSITION TOWN WESTCLIFF*
>>
>> *Transition Town Westcliff* is an exploration of how
>> the people of
>> Westcliff on Sea and the surrounding area can
>> prepare for a carbon
>> constrained, energy lean world. TTW is a
>> community-led initiative
>> which is working towards the creation of an Energy
>> Descent Action
>> Plan
>> <http://transitiontowns.org/Totnes/Main/WhatIsAnEnergyDescentPlan?>
>> for the town. The thinking behind TTW is simply that
>> a town using
>> much less energy and resources than we presently
>> consume could, if
>> properly planned for and designed, be more
>> resilient, more abundant
>> and more pleasurable than the present.
>>
>> SOME BACKGROUND - PEAK OIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
>>
>> Cheap oil has made possible much of what we take for
>> granted. However
>> many experts now agree that world oil production is
>> reaching its peak
>> and that the age of cheap oil is drawing to a close,
>> a phenomenon
>> known as ‘peak oil’. Oil and Gas Journal reports
>> that;
>>
>> * For every 6 barrels of oil we consume, we are only
>> discovering one
>> new one.
>> * Nearly all the world’s large oilfields are in
>> decline
>> * World oil production reached its all time high in
>> 2004, and has
>> declined since
>> * It takes 10 calories of oil to put 1 calorie of
>> food on our table
>>
>> From scientists to economists, activists to
>> businessmen, politicians
>> to campaigners, there is now universal consensus
>> that Climate Change
>> is perhaps the single greatest environmental
>> challenge in our
>> history.
>>
>> * Our world is hotter than it has been in two
>> thousand years. All ten
>> of the hottest years on record have occurred since
>> 1990
>> * Already 150,000 people die each year as a result
>> of climate change
>> and the problem is getting worse. Floods in
>> Mozambique, forest
>> fires in
>> Indonesia, hurricanes in Florida, storms in the UK –
>> these are all
>> exacerbated by climate change
>>
>> LIFE BEYOND OIL - THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY
>>
>> Climate Change and Peak Oil can cause us to feel
>> confronted by
>> something overwhelmingly huge that we cannot do
>> anything about. The
>> central message of the Transition Movement is that
>> this state of
>> mind is not the place to start from if we want to
>> achieve something,
>> do something or create something. Indeed, by
>> shifting our mind-set
>> we can actually recognise the coming post-cheap oil
>> era as an
>> opportunity rather than a threat, and design the
>> future low carbon
>> age to be thriving, resilient and abundant –
>> somewhere much better
>> to live than our current alienated consumer culture
>> based on greed,
>> war and the myth of perpetual growth.
>>
>> SOME QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
>>
>> * What would a low energy society look like?
>> * How would Westcliff house and power itself?
>> * How will we meet our food and health needs?
>> * What will our transport look like?
>> * Where will business and economics fit in?
>> * What about education, arts and culture?
>>
>> If these issues concern you and you would like to
>> find out more about
>> how communities can respond and plan proactively and
>> positively for
>> the future, please come along to our forthcoming
>> meetings, events and
>> presentations.
>>
>> Website; www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk
>>
>> Blog; http://westclifftransition.wordpress.com/
>>
>> CONTACT TRANSITION TOWN WESTCLIFF
>>
>> Kamil kamilpac@...
>> <mailto:kamilpac@...>
>>
>> Tel 07707 676308
>>
>> Graham graham@...
>> <mailto:graham@...>
>>
>> Steve stephen.jordan2007@...
>> <mailto:stephen.jordan2007@...>
>>
>> --
>> Graham Burnett
>>
>> Integrated Design for Local Environmental Resources
>>
>> www.spiralseed.co.uk
>>
>> www.grahamburnett.net
>>
>> Transition Town Westcliff
>> www.transitionwestcliff.org.uk
>>
>>
>>
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