Excellent and factual video! Having cut/burned wood for almost a half century, I must concur with all the points you have made. Thank you for a quality video
I have to resplit my wood when I buy it, I get more in my stove when pieces are smaller, the wood burns more uniform. Large pieces do not burn properly. All good points.
We need more videos showing the facts vs myths on this subject! All to often I have had some sort of “Karen” stating that heating my home with wood was illegal, and harmful to the environment, and just wrong! Many of their views were about smoke emissions not from the actual fire, but the processing of the firewood, chainsaws, log splitters, trucks and such! So, after listening to their statements, I educated them the best I could, that harvesting locally uses less fuel then the delivery and processing of fuel oils, splitting at home or having a delivery of firewood. Then they went down the chimney so to speak about the actual emissions of stoves, and I started laughing ( shouldn’t have) but I look at fire wood as “today’s carbon” as in the fact that trees and vegetation absorb carbon from the most recent atmosphere, and store it, the only way to release that carbon is either letting it rot in the wood or burning, and when burning it only releases the amount of carbon it has stored, no more-no less. Compared to other fossil fuels that are archaic to begin with, being refined,( addition of chemicals) transported and burned the carbon footprint is much larger! People need to get their facts straight!
I have always burnt wood. I’ve never had to buy wood, I gather it where I can. Only hardwoods. I know people that let me take what I need from their bush in exchange for providing them with their wood. I burn about 4 bush cord per year and my wood stack is currently 10 bush cords. Ask your Karen how her grandparents heated their home and cooked their food. Most likely by fire
Agree. I cut my own trees. I replant 5 or 6 saplings for every tree I cut down. Typically I replant oak, walnut, or sugar maple. I've burnt wood, coal, propane, and fuel oil. I prefer wood. I use coal in my barns because I don't mind the dirty mess. I burn heating oil or propane in my three furnaces only when I have too, which is a couple times a year. I have three stoves and a fireplace insert to keep warm.
your last statement is wrong. you actually have a smaller foot print with coal than wood. energy density. takes less coal to make same btus of wood. but i burn both wood and coal .basically for wood to equal out it has to be over 50 years old by that point most trees have converted and or stored enuff carbon to make wood net zero or close to it. its just all part of the carbon cycle.
@@alexlindekugel8727while I agree about the density of coal, and the amount of btus,and the carbon footprint on this fuel, it isn’t on the same par as wood, because it has to be mined, thus adding to the carbon footprint!
@@barrymacokiner9423she wouldn’t listen, and even if she did, she would argue with them and the facts that have been in her perfect head of misinformation the media and governments have placed besides that I think she is happier being so ignorant!
So I'm just curious. But is spent jet fuel in the atmosphere from commercial airlines contribute less emissions than some poor old fella trying to keep his house warm? Just asking
Yes. Split it down, stack it off the ground, allow it to weather. I stack mine in the sun and wind typically for 12 months minimum. Then I tarp it to keep it dry. I don't stack inside a building. The wood could have ants or termites inside. Once the wood goes thru a cold winter that should be sufficient to kill off any bugs.
Research masonry stoves or rocket mass heaters. The amount of wood needed, and the amount of emissions from burning that wood, can be dramatically reduced, all while providing a more even and lasting heat cycle in your home.
Òne of your last statement about water boiling and giving off heat seems strange. Can you site the scientific principle for that. Have you figured a way to burn water?
I wouldn't recommend burning any soft wood unless that is the only available wood. Doesn't burn hot. They have very low btu's. They're good for camp fires.
i end up burning alot of white pine very common wood in my area. as long as all pine types are dry they burn fine. drying being under 20 percent mc. pine releases most of its heat fast cuz the wood less dense. hot and fast. tho it can be reasonably controlled to have a slower burn thatll last 6 hrs and still not smoke.
Excellent and factual video! Having cut/burned wood for almost a half century, I must concur with all the points you have made. Thank you for a quality video
Thanks for tuning in!
7:30 It's Buck'n Billie Rae, love that crazy Canuck!
@@lukehanson5320 We thought a few of you might enjoy a cameo from ole Billie.
I usually handle the wood about 5 times before it burns, way more work than most people would think. Good video 😊
I agree. If you don't care for it at first, you'll hate it soon enough. Thanks for watching.
I have to resplit my wood when I buy it, I get more in my stove when pieces are smaller, the wood burns more uniform. Large pieces do not burn properly. All good points.
Thanks for watching!
The smaller the split the more efficient your fire. I split mine twice...once to season and again to burn.
We need more videos showing the facts vs myths on this subject!
All to often I have had some sort of “Karen” stating that heating my home with wood was illegal, and harmful to the environment, and just wrong! Many of their views were about smoke emissions not from the actual fire, but the processing of the firewood, chainsaws, log splitters, trucks and such! So, after listening to their statements, I educated them the best I could, that harvesting locally uses less fuel then the delivery and processing of fuel oils, splitting at home or having a delivery of firewood. Then they went down the chimney so to speak about the actual emissions of stoves, and I started laughing ( shouldn’t have) but I look at fire wood as “today’s carbon” as in the fact that trees and vegetation absorb carbon from the most recent atmosphere, and store it, the only way to release that carbon is either letting it rot in the wood or burning, and when burning it only releases the amount of carbon it has stored, no more-no less. Compared to other fossil fuels that are archaic to begin with, being refined,( addition of chemicals) transported and burned the carbon footprint is much larger!
People need to get their facts straight!
I have always burnt wood. I’ve never had to buy wood, I gather it where I can. Only hardwoods. I know people that let me take what I need from their bush in exchange for providing them with their wood. I burn about 4 bush cord per year and my wood stack is currently 10 bush cords.
Ask your Karen how her grandparents heated their home and cooked their food. Most likely by fire
Agree. I cut my own trees. I replant 5 or 6 saplings for every tree I cut down. Typically I replant oak, walnut, or sugar maple.
I've burnt wood, coal, propane, and fuel oil. I prefer wood. I use coal in my barns because I don't mind the dirty mess. I burn heating oil or propane in my three furnaces only when I have too, which is a couple times a year. I have three stoves and a fireplace insert to keep warm.
your last statement is wrong. you actually have a smaller foot print with coal than wood. energy density. takes less coal to make same btus of wood. but i burn both wood and coal .basically for wood to equal out it has to be over 50 years old by that point most trees have converted and or stored enuff carbon to make wood net zero or close to it. its just all part of the carbon cycle.
@@alexlindekugel8727while I agree about the density of coal, and the amount of btus,and the carbon footprint on this fuel, it isn’t on the same par as wood, because it has to be mined, thus adding to the carbon footprint!
@@barrymacokiner9423she wouldn’t listen, and even if she did, she would argue with them and the facts that have been in her perfect head of misinformation the media and governments have placed besides that I think she is happier being so ignorant!
You forgot about locust wood it's a good wood for stove burners very hot next to coal
Yes it is, and we'll likely be doing some videos about specific hardwoods in the future. Thanks for tuning in!
So I'm just curious. But is spent jet fuel in the atmosphere from commercial airlines contribute less emissions than some poor old fella trying to keep his house warm? Just asking
Only a fool would freeze in a wooden country. Greetings from Canada.
Lol. Greetings from Tennessee and thanks for watching.
The time for seasoning firewood is for green cut trees, correct?
Yes.
Yes. Split it down, stack it off the ground, allow it to weather. I stack mine in the sun and wind typically for 12 months minimum. Then I tarp it to keep it dry. I don't stack inside a building. The wood could have ants or termites inside. Once the wood goes thru a cold winter that should be sufficient to kill off any bugs.
I thought so. I harvest dead trees, so there is very little seasoning time if any.
Research masonry stoves or rocket mass heaters. The amount of wood needed, and the amount of emissions from burning that wood, can be dramatically reduced, all while providing a more even and lasting heat cycle in your home.
That is a great point and likely the topic of an up coming video.
Òne of your last statement about water boiling and giving off heat seems strange. Can you site the scientific principle for that. Have you figured a way to burn water?
Correct, water boils and does not burn.
So how is the fire boiling the water out of the wood adding any additional heat?
dident know wood was a fossial fuel ...
"pine"? Spruce ? Fir ? Hemlock ? White Pine ?
Yes?
I wouldn't recommend burning any soft wood unless that is the only available wood. Doesn't burn hot. They have very low btu's. They're good for camp fires.
Soft word burn hot and fast just not long
i end up burning alot of white pine very common wood in my area. as long as all pine types are dry they burn fine. drying being under 20 percent mc. pine releases most of its heat fast cuz the wood less dense. hot and fast. tho it can be reasonably controlled to have a slower burn thatll last 6 hrs and still not smoke.
@@alexlindekugel8727 Yep.
Your insurance company will phase it out you won’t be able to afford to insure your house
Some will yes but many others are absolutely fine with it
@@benholler1389 You will pay for it