[Greenbuilding] chainsaws (was sawdust for composters)

[Lawrence Lile]

Rob sez

>I suspect that most people on this list have seen the following but
just  
in case not:

>	"Using a two-stroke chain saw for two hours produces emissions
equivalent
  >        to ten 1995 cars driving 250 miles each (one car 2500
miles)".

  >           http://www.arb.ca.gov/ba/omb/50thfinal/tsld017.htm

I suspected as much.  This makes me want to go out and get that inverter
now.  I can drive a truck within 200 feet of any tree on my place in dry
weather, a good inverter and 200' of cord would replace a lot of cussing
and rope pulling, not to mention emissions.  10 acres of woods should
allow me to cut all the firewood I'll ever need while timber
stand-improving the woods, a sustainable win-win.  

I was just bucking up some 30" diameter oak logs with the electric saw,
they are NOT wimps as widely believed, they'll hold their own even in
thick oak.  


Lawrence Lile, PE, LEED AP
Project Solutions Engineering