(July 19, 2016 at 4:03 pm)RobertE Wrote: Indeed, Scotland could be a major player in selling it trees and take the strain of the rainforests......
In all seriousness though, you'd be surprised how much wood costs. I certainly was when I had a single 25 metre beech tree cut down from my garden in Germany. It cost us several hundred Euros but to buy it as firewood would have cost us several times more. Most land in Scotland isn't even properly used any more since the clearances. Most of the highlands are a rich man's playground. Half of Scotland is owned by 432 families. Much of the highlands is left barren so land owners can shoot some grouse and deer when they feel like it. The land is squandered.
