Re:For First Time Since 1800s, Britain Goes a Day Without Bu...
by sgt101 on Saturday April 22, 2017 @06:57AM
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A few other notes.
As well as steel, forestry was tightly bound to coal mining, with a significant legacy in the rural environment today. Pine plantations were put in to provide cheap pit props with a 70 year lead time.
Deep mined pits are doubly bad for the environment. The spoil is noxious & the coal polluting but also the pits themselves emit greenhouse gases from the seams that would otherwise be safely sequestered indefinitely.
Moving to the countryside has given me some of the skills you describe. We have woodburners, so for me the learning has been to gather kindling in the summer and dry it, and to have facilities for large scale wood drying. I've learned to use a proper wood axe - a workout that's probably unavailable in any gym!
As well as steel, forestry was tightly bound to coal mining, with a significant legacy in the rural environment today. Pine plantations were put in to provide cheap pit props with a 70 year lead time.
Deep mined pits are doubly bad for the environment. The spoil is noxious & the coal polluting but also the pits themselves emit greenhouse gases from the seams that would otherwise be safely sequestered indefinitely.
Moving to the countryside has given me some of the skills you describe. We have woodburners, so for me the learning has been to gather kindling in the summer and dry it, and to have facilities for large scale wood drying. I've learned to use a proper wood axe - a workout that's probably unavailable in any gym!