Is a treehugger still a tree hugger if he burns wood?

What the hell are you talking about? Whats a tree hugger?

Like Jag said: all the carbon dioxide you release through burning would have been released anyway through natural decay of the wood in the forest. So the only difference is some particulate pollution that you put in the air and the planet has a few less bugs recycling the wood into topsoil.
If I fire up my natural gas furnace, I release CO 2 that's been buried in the earth a few million years into the atmosphere. So all things considered, I think a woodburner can still be a tree-hugging environmentalist. No one is going to convince me that I'm evil for not freezing to death.

Yes, just replace a tree you cut down with a sapling if you feel guilty...that's what I do.

Actually if you burn wood instead of burning a fossil fuel it is suppose to be better than carbon neutral. I would think if you also replanted another tree, you would be back to the tree hugger category.

A tree hugger with a wood stove? Hmmm.........sounds like a recipe for 3rd degree burns to me.

I'll play...

An ash hugger?

Hug a burning tree and kiss your ash goodbye

My wife said that the only thing I think trees are good for are either firewood, or my other passion making furniture. She is not far off. :cheese: Dave.

Tree hugger, animal rights activists, anti american celebs are only that when it is convenient.

Tree hugger, animal rights activists, anti american celebs are only that when it is convenient.

Yes, a tree hugger is doing good for trees by burning wood. See, lots of trees die, fall, or for the health of the forest need to be removed. They either slowly rot and release Co2 into the atmosphere or you burn them and pump that Co2 into the atmosphere sooner. Trees need CO2 as much as humans need oxygen so this natural CO2 is good.

The real beauty is that burning wood is a substitution for some other fuel source. Nearly all other fuel sources make bad mojo for the enviro when consumed.

In my University days I treeplanted in Northern Ontario and Quebec as my summer job. I did it for 4 summers made great $$ , friends, memories etc.. I probably planted close to 250,000 trees, mostly Black Spruce , White and Red Pine. I burn wood every year and have done both skidder and horse logging operations in both White Cedar and Hardwood wood lots.
My conscience is clear and I would still consider myself a treehugger.

He wood B a tree killer who wipes his azz with plastic!

Hug a logger ,,, they're much softer! :lol:

Is Dr. Kevorkian still a doctor? Sure he is!

I'd answer "yes" - a tree hugger is a tree hugger if he/she burns wood.

I'm new here, but I thought I'd jump right in.

Here's a page from my website that talks about burning wood as being "green."

http://www.texasfireframe.com/greener-than-gas-logs.html

Hm...there must be a way to delete an extra post. Sorry 'bout that.

I believe what happens in his own home is his own business, and should not be questioned. If he kisses and burns, who are we to say he's wrong?

When I was pregnant with my first baby, I had a handmade tie-dye shirt that said "Hardcore Hippie Mama".

What do you think? =P

~Rose

You can be a rabid wood burner and still not kill trees. Most if not all the wood I burn is from A. Deadwood, B. storm falls, C. The dump, E. tree services F. People who were going to take them down regardless.

Additionaly, burning releases some carbon and particulates, rotting in the forest can release methane, up to 24 times as powerful a greenhouse gas as CO2.

Furthermore, as Highbeam stated, good forestry requires the removal of some trees, and replacing fossil fuels with wood is a good thing.

Jags, I've never owned sandals.

around here people haet trees. 2 of my neighbors when they first moved in cut down ever tree and almost every living thing in there yard except grass and when i asked them why they both said tress are to messy and ugly! well i got most of the wood from them and heated my house for free for 2 winters and also see there ac units blasting all summer cause now there houses are baking in the sun all summer. i get all my wood for free every yr from eaither people or townships cutting trees. i have never cut down a living thing to heat my house. its just good recycling. if this makes me a hippie so be it but a hippie that will kick your ass.

You and Jane Fonda

I burn wood and do tree removal, own 5 chainsaws and certainly consider myself a tree hugger. As a former arborist I figure I may as well get paid to take down someone's tree if they would only pay somebody else to do it anyway. Even if I wouldn't have taken it down if it were my place. Then I also often get the benefit of the firewood. What's better than that? Getting paid to do tree removals then taking the wood and using it to heat my house? Now that's double dipping. Almost sounds illegal! Of course I always like when a homeowner wants a tree pruned to keep it healthy.