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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 6/22/2006 12:24:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
erthnsky AT bellsouth.net writes:


> *460,000 personal checks, or
> *89,870 sheets of letter head bond paper (size 8 ½" s 11"), or
> *61,370 standard #10 envelopes, or
> *14,384,000 commemorative-size postage stamps, or
> *1,200 copies of the National Geographic, or
> *2,700 copies of the average daily paper (35 pages), or
> 

Yes indeed.  It will yield that with the addition of a lot of other things.  
Take for example the 90K sheets of paper.  Add in the heat, water, and 
chemicals to digest the pulp, then form a dry the paper, and worst of all, to 
bleach 
it.

A cord of wood for that much paper is a lot like the old "Stone Soup" story.

Yet your cord of wood used for heating SAVED the ton of coal or 200 gallons 
of fuel, rather than provoking us into using more.  

Wood heat is a good thing.