1. There are huge webs around the limbs of my wax myrtles and they are filled with bugs ( not caterpillars). What are they and what should I do? I live in Florida. Updated: November 04, 2011
2. What should I do about the Sawyer Beetles in my white pines (31 years)? A tornado took down 27 trees and the trunks are still here. Should we get rid of them? Updated: September 30, 2011
3. What is a cord of wood? What factors should I consider when buying wood? Updated: October 05, 2010
4. Is woody biomass more expensive than coal? Updated: February 16, 2010
5. Is there a difference in the scrubbers needed in coal-fired power plants and wood-fired power plants? Updated: February 16, 2010
6. Do prefabricated boilers exist in the United States? Updated: February 16, 2010
7. Why isn’t there greater use of wood for energy in the paper industry? Updated: February 16, 2010
8. What is causing the increase in demand for electricity? Updated: February 16, 2010
9. What happens if using woody biomass to generate electricity becomes very common and successful? Updated: February 09, 2010
10. Does using trees as an energy source increase the amount of land which is developed for housing? Updated: February 09, 2010
11. Is a bigger energy facility better? Updated: February 09, 2010
12. How does the process work for burning wood? Are there still giant smoke-stacks? Updated: February 09, 2010
13. Is cogeneration an option for heat production? Updated: February 09, 2010
14. Will I get lower fuel economy with ethanol-blended fuels than with traditional gasoline? Updated: February 09, 2010
15. How much biofuel is currently produced in the U.S.? Updated: February 09, 2010
16. What happens to by-products of burning wood, even if “scrubbed” from stacks? How does mixing coal with wood affect how the ash is handled? Updated: February 09, 2010
17. Are wood-fired power plants energy efficient? Updated: February 09, 2010
18. Does “green” woody material require energy inputs for drying or aging on-site to be burned efficiently? Updated: February 06, 2010
19. What is the difference between ethanol labeled E10 and E85? Updated: February 05, 2010
20. What types of trees produce high annual wood yields? Updated: February 05, 2010
21. How much energy is generated per ton of wood? Updated: February 05, 2010
22. How do yields compare between woody biomass and herbaceous crops, bamboo, and sugarcane? Updated: February 05, 2010
23. How many British thermal units (Btu's) are produced per acre of forest per year? Updated: February 05, 2010
24. Can biomass be used with other fuels? Updated: January 08, 2010
25. Can biomass substitute for other fuels? Updated: January 08, 2010
26. What kinds of energy can be made from woody biomass? Updated: January 08, 2010
27. How is woody biomass used for energy? Updated: January 08, 2010
28. Why is there so much interest in woody-biomass produced energy? Updated: January 08, 2010
29. Where will dedicated wood energy plantations be established? Updated: January 08, 2010
30. What are dedicated energy plantations? Updated: January 08, 2010

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