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"Water of Leith tree works"

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  1. chdot
    Admin

    "

    Dear all.
     
    I am writing to make you aware of tree works commencing on the Water of Leith on Monday 27/02/12. The works are centred around the Sunbury and Belford areas and will last up to 18 days. The main crux of the works are to remove fallen and storm damaged trees. There will be ivy removal from other trees occurring at the same time.
     
    The majority of the material will be burnt onsite, there will be small plant machinery being used to drag/cart material to the burn points.
     
    Appropriate signage will be appended, please follow signage where necessary. There may be temporary path closures, we won't know the extent of these until works are underway, if so please follow diversionary signage.
     
    Please forward on to people/organisations who you feel may be affected by these works.
     
    If you require any further information please contact Ian Morrison (details below).
     
    Ian Morrison
    Assistant Trees and Woodlands Officer
    City of Edinburgh Council, Services for Communities, Parks and Greenspace Forestry Service.
    Inverleith Farm House, 5 Arboretum Place, Edinburgh, EH3 5NY.

    "

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Burned onsite? What a waste! Aren't there people with wood burning stoves who might like first dibs?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. steveo
    Member

    I was thinking about this, the fuel required for your average punter probably means that its not efficient to haul around. Green timber being full of water and most people not having access and the legs to pull a trailer with 70kg of timber. The CO2 emissions per kw of heat is probably higher for this "reclaimed" fuel than just burning gas for the central heating.

    Besides that they'd need fuel to burn the ivy they are removing else they'd have to cart that off to land fill. More fuel.

    Though having written that I'd be interested in seeing figures to back it up....

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. spitters
    Member

    If I am thinking correctly the section they are working on is not accessable by vehicles therefore transporting all the ivy (and there is lots of it) to a road to drive it away would be pointless. There are plenty tree trunks left lying to natrually decompose and provide habitat for wildlife already so I assume this will mainly be removing the smaller branches etc to clear the ground for other plants to grow.
    Sometimes stuff does just get burned where it is, the ash will do the soil good too. Trees and plants will soak up some of the CO2 anyway.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. D_Monkey
    Member

    But... that's my commute! If I am forced to go over Ravelston, then I will be in serious danger of working up a sweat in the morning...

    Although in all sincerity they are welcome to close the Sunbury portion (which if I am not mistaken is the windey bit west of the Dean Village, after the stairs up the side of the weir?), as long as they cut down that huge tree that juts into the path at a 45 degree angle, and jumps out of the dark at me every morning!

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. lionfish
    Member

    Thanks for the heads up,

    @steveo - although I'd agree it's almost certainly not worth using for heating (it's only a small amount, fuel used in moving it, damp, hassle, etc), I just want to say that the CO2 emitted while burning it doesn't matter - we shouldn't count it! As it's not fossil CO2: In 30 years time a new tree will have grown in its place and will have absorbed the equivalent carbon we're talking about. It's only a problem if either the carbon is from a fossil source or from a tree that isn't replaced. I think... (anyone else correct me on this? :D)

    Posted 13 years ago #

  7. steveo
    Member

    You are quite right, I wasn't clear. I meant the CO2 used to recover the wood would likely be higher than just burning the equivalent kw of gas.

    Even if the tree isn't replaced I'm still not sure you'd count the carbon, its only an issue when its burned from out side the current carbon cycle, ie fosil fuels which have been sequestered for millions of years.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  8. gembo
    Member

    They have done this before and the bonfires they make generate some heat - what with it being summer now [3./4s on today, shorts tomorrow) - it is going to be boiling down there.

    Posted 13 years ago #

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