Saturday, February 14, 2009

Walk #44: Burning...

Walk Duration: 45 minutes.

Drove back from the Napa Valley last night. Traffic was slow, and I got up to the homestead late. And in a snowstorm.

All the snow quickly melts the next morning.

A few of the neighbors are burning their sticks, bushes and other organic materials. Everybody burns up here. The farmers in the valley burn their organic materials too. All this burning makes me uncomfortable. My neighbors would argue they are reducing fuels for the next fire season. But to me, it just seems like a waste of carbon. And we waste enough carbon.

Better to bury it. Chip it. Mulch it. Don't burn it.

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