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The world's longest subsea cable will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK ELECTREK.CO A 10.5 GW solar and wind farm is going to be built in Morocco, and it's eventually going to power 7 million homes in the UK. The cable is coming onshore at Bude in North Devon ( I think it is already there but not sure ) or why do big businesses not locate energy heavy industries to places like Morocco where solar power could be used then send to Europe on battery powered boats etc ??

The best finish for a wooden bowl to be used as a sink would be either Rustins 2 pack ..a liquid melamine or one of the boat building resins such as the West system stuff ..there are also many others ...

I use supermarket fuel in everything ...chainsaws , strimmers , motorbike , outboard motor etc and never had a problem . I am sure some people will claim that they can tell that the electric in their battery saw came from a windfarm not a nuclear power station 😂

I seem to remember reading /hearing that PEG does preserve wood ...but it is not really suitable for practical things like furniture as it does not really dry out / cure so has an unpleasant feel to it and further finishes ...oils , waxes , varnishes etc can not be applied on top as they wont adhere to the surface , it seems to be a good product but has very limited applications .

I spalt wood with varying degrees of success , Ash and Beech work best for me , I prefer wood that is at least a bit spalted already and when it is still wet /fresh cut I wrap with clingfilm leaving the bottom open and put it on the ground in my woodland in an area near to where I cut and split logs so a nice culture of rotting sawdust , bark and fragments already exists about a year seems to produce results . Ash bowl about 9" dia and Hollow egg form approx 12" tall

Yes ...Cupressus macrocarpa

When I saw this thread I wondered who / what Shou Sugi was and why are they / it being banned ??😂

I have done quite a few 30 m DF s in recent times to reduce the chance of windthrow , I have removed or reduced side branches which are most catching to the wind ...eg if wind is from the North then remove / reduce in upper canopy the branches which protrude to the East and West ( bit like sticking your arms out sideways in a headwind ) and remove a whorl or 2 or 3 ..this is more aesthetically pleasing than a basic 5 metres off the top ...

sycamore / maple that has been stained ...

this is always a very confusing subject ...safe distances ...I am pretty sure 11kv will not "jump " 3metres ,( under normal circumstances ) I think a spark plug takes 25kv to jump the gap , but I completely understand the need for extreme caution around electric lines , but if they are grossly overstated then they will be ignored to some extent by some people . Look at a pylon for example 400kv yet the metal superstucture of the pylon is only about 3metres from the conductors , Watch a lorry on a road go under 11kv lines with only a couple of metres clearance , I have worked on line clearance in the past and never really liked being near the conductors ...live, or made dead , and it can be very hard to judge distances esp when in tree adjacent to conductors ... not sure 10 metres safe distance is possible as 11 kv wires are only about 6-7 metres above ground level , so grass cutting is breaking the rules !!!

You may also want to consider what to do with plastic pallets at the end of their life ..wood can be burnt !! wooden ones last a fair while if up off ground as others have suggested .

It would appear to be RSK Group ...

The demarcation area has been updated / expanded in Devon as of 10 th Dec I am now within this area ☹️https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1038293/DemarcatedArea4_011221.pdf

very sad to hear that ...it was covid according to local news 😔

Thanks for the explanation , I was somewhat puzzled why anybody specifically wanted Lawsons !

I will put it another way then ....Lawsons Cypress has less uses than almost any other wood ...sorry if I offended your favourite tree 😁

What do you want Lawsons for ? I always thought it was of the most useless woods ever invented ...

There is loads of wood out there that is well worth milling , and quite a few people doing it ..but the stumbling block is actually selling it ...at a fair price as well ...and not just the best plank from each tree , I know of contractors yards with lovely butts and planks just rotting away !! shame , but some seem to be of the mindset that if it does not fetch a high enough price to part with then it is left to rot !!

Oh dear !! I am not sure exactly what the effects are on the DF's in Oregon other than some needle loss on mature trees , it does not seem to be completely killing all trees affected ...yet , but time will tell and it may be different in the UK ..I have about 3 acres of mature 30m plus DF's which I do not wish to lose ! I have been felling some Ash in my woods today due to die- back at this rate I will have a field not a woods !!!!☹️

I have always found strawberry wood very prone to crack and warp and it loses its colour quite quickly as well .....nice work though " guppy "punk you are a Dab hand at this

The exclusion zone with regards to movement of timber etc has now been expanded almost right up to my doorstep near Ashburton !!https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033190/Demarcated_Area_Nov2021.pdf

that IS Christmas ..same shit every year !!😁

Some with threaded bar and nuts others with screws , all fixings are recessed and hidden by wooden dowels , I hate seeing screwheads !!

sorry ....I assumed there were loads left !

Does anyone even know what COP stands for ?? ( conference of parties to save you looking !!)...many ideas floating on here , and elsewhere no doubt ...but little things will be of no use I think , perhaps we will have to give up things like flying unless for important reasons , minimal holidays ,no golf trips to the Algarve , Skiing ,Stag nights in Amsterdam , watching cricket ,rugby F1 etc in far flung places , Disney world ....perhaps we should ban any new larger than needed cars .. sorts cars ,4x4 unless business , VW vans for leisure use , no big tv's , no new larger than needed houses or other status symbol type excesses , I have always had motorbikes should I give them up? I ride mostly for fun , therefore just wasting fuel , but what would happen to the economy ...motorcycle dealers close down , no mechanics etc ? same for Pilots of planes and the Aviation industry ? Who will make such self sacrifices for the greater good ?? or will there be a clumsy set of rules imposed upon us ? No one will like it ,and will the rich / celebrities give up all their excesses as good role models ...then what will we do with our money , what incentive will there be to get out of bed in the morning ? I think everyone realises something needs to be done , but who does what , and to what extent ?