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*This page goes over how much wood can be sustainably harvested from a (natural? ie not tree farm and/or edible forest etc?) forest | |||
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*Easter USA forest - '''30 dry tons''' for 40% thinning. For 25% charcoal yield, that is 7 tons per acre. 7 tons is 5 tons [[GGE]]. 3 kg diesel per gallon. 5 tons is thus 1500 gallons. Or about 40k miles - enough for 2 average Americans. | *Easter USA forest - '''30 dry tons''' for 40% thinning. For 25% charcoal yield, that is 7 tons per acre. 7 tons is 5 tons [[GGE]]. 3 kg diesel per gallon. 5 tons is thus 1500 gallons. Or about 40k miles - enough for 2 average Americans. | ||
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60 wet and 30 dry tons per acre from 35-40% thinning based on [[Basal Area]]. | 60 wet and 30 dry tons per acre from 35-40% thinning based on [[Basal Area]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:08, 17 April 2020
Basics
- This page goes over how much wood can be sustainably harvested from a (natural? ie not tree farm and/or edible forest etc?) forest
Thinning
- Easter USA forest - 30 dry tons for 40% thinning. For 25% charcoal yield, that is 7 tons per acre. 7 tons is 5 tons GGE. 3 kg diesel per gallon. 5 tons is thus 1500 gallons. Or about 40k miles - enough for 2 average Americans.
https://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/research_papers/pdfs/scanned/OCR/ne_rp466.pdf
60 wet and 30 dry tons per acre from 35-40% thinning based on Basal Area.