Would it be advisabe to turn the California forests or woods into ethanol fuel?

Question

This would stop the forest fires and produce green fuel for the country if done without depleting the forests.

Answer 1

What do you mean without depleting the forests ?



,you would have to and replace the forest with mono culture tree farming ,these kind of forests are called standing deserts and do not support animal life except some limited insect specie which will become plagues.



they require far more water to irrigate ,because they grow on chemical fertilizer



by the end of the day the soil is contaminated and depleted of anything good.



the ground water supplies will be down,the air will be contaminated



And so It would also strip California of all of its wildlife,animals birds ,everything.



And make it vulnerable to plagues of insects which can then only be combated with chemicals,



There would be changes with the climate ,less rain ,more heat and dry spells.



all of this does not sound good to me



But judging by most of the answers on Yahoo, Most people would not care either way ,so go ahead .



I do not live in California

Answer 2

No but it would be advisable to turn humans into fuel! No I am not joking I am serious, if humans want cars then why don't they turn each other into fuel for them rather than destroying a planet they don't have respect for and don't seem to belong on the way they treat it. Forest fires are an important part of forests and if they are natural then they need to burn and if that means some yuppies cabin gets burned then so be it, it doesn't belong there in the first place. Fire is just natural rejuvenation for the forest, it brings new plants and wildlife back. Taking one tree is depleting the forest of something it needs, it is not leeching off of the earth it is part of a symbiotic relationship that the earth trees plants and non human animals have.

Answer 3

That'd be better than the way the forests are managed now (I live in Montana). What kind of psychotic idiot asshole can say that it's better to let them burn, because it's "natural"? - but we hear it all the time (especially in august).

But, rather than making ethanol out of the trees, I think it'd be better if we "sequestered " the carbon, by making houses and furniture out of the wood, and just burn the wood as fuel, after those wear out.

Answer 4

Not a good idea, the trees are important for the health of the world

Answer 5

Your first answerer must think all those fires aren't hurting the world? People have their heads stuck in the sand when it comes to plain old common sense!!!



Good question.

Answer 6

Heck YA, then we could rename California "Little Brazil"!