Wood Power

"Vision is the art of seeing the invisible." Jonathan Swift

Seems like wood is making a come back in Europe where it is being used either in combination with or substituting for coal. There are even a number of European companies building facilities that make wood pellets in the United States. All of this in order to reduce their CO2 emissions and avoid the cost of other fuels.

There are even cooperatives being setup which help farmers increase their income by up to 15%. But think about it; why not add municipalities to these corporative or whoever it is that halls away yard waste.

There is another reason for these co-ops being formed between farmers and municipalities. How much ‘unused’ land is along our roadsides, especially where there are divided highways? What would it mean to the production of wood pellets if these lands were used to grow fast growing trees? By combining the farmers with local municipalities they would be able to share the cost of building these plants.

Converting oil burning furnaces to wood pellet would decrease our dependence on foreign oil. Getting coal burning plants in America to use wood pellets would decrease their carbon footprint as well as reduce acid rain which would be helpful to those downwind of the plants, while creating jobs within this country.

"It seems to me that it's actually harder to invent excuses than it is to be successful."span> Jeffrey Gitomer