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On this segment of Frankly, Nate responds to the predicament of increased use of forests, especially in Europe, for heating fuel in the face of declining availability of Natural Gas and other fossil fuels. Will this be a ‘Terminal Deforestation Event’? What does this mean for the future of climate and accuracy of models? The importance of trees cannot be underestimated as we approach the end of cheap energy.

In French, we have a motto that says that a simple drawing is often better than a long explanation. Jean-Marc Jancovici Carbone 4 President

That’s very understandable because with left atmosphere thinking, one of the problems is that you see everything as a series of problems that must have solutions. Iain McGilchrist Neuroscientist and Philosopher

We can’t have hundreds and hundreds of real relationships that are healthy because that requires time and effort and full attention and awareness of being in real relationship and conversation with the other human. Nate Hagens Director of ISEOF

This is the crux of the whole problem. Individual parts of nature are more valuable than the biocomplexity of nature. Thomas Crowther Founder Restor

Show Notes & Links to Learn More

00:47 – EU Vote to remove subsidies on pellets made of trees cut down specifically for that purpose

01:08 – Firewood sold out across Europe

01:58 – Homosapiens have been accessing forests for thousands of years

02:07 – Standing forest is ⅔ the size of pre-agriculture era

02:14 – There are 5 pools of terrestrial carbon: soil, trees, coal, oil, gas

03:19 – Increase in energy density from wood to coal to oil

03:41 – The mid-19th century the east US coast was mostly denuded, with vermont being 90% deforested

04:10 – We use more wood now than we did 150 years ago

04:43 – Home Heating in the USA: A Comparison of Forests with Fossil Fuels (Oil Drum Post)

05:05 – Standing stock in the US grows at 2.5-2.8%/year (compared to 3% 50 years ago)

05:48 – Only 10% of forest harvested is used for heat in the US

05:54 – The majority source of heating in the US is natural gas, followed by distillate

06:11 – Graphs used in this section of video (1, 2, 3,)

07:07 – Hardwoods are the only suitable wood for home heating and are 40% of forest stock

09:09 – Many historical societies had to denude their lands

09:20 – Haiti vs Dominican Republic deforestation

09:55 – Forests offer enormous ecosystem services

10:21 – Forests sequester 60% of carbon emissions (15% subtracting emissions from deforestation)

11:19 – 1910 was the first year that wood was not the number one fuel source

11:42 – The Amazon forest is a net source of carbon emissions

More: UK power station owner cuts down primary forests in Canada

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