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Posted by f_klock on February 4, 2008 at 9:12:42 pm EST
In reply to building a campfire - sometimes it's just not right posted by bheiser1 on September 11, 2007 at 7:08:52 pm EDT

As a Leave No Trace Trainer myself, I agree with you - to a point. LNT "SUGGESTS" that fires may not be necessary, and encourages alternative means of cooking and heating. Very different from a message such as DO NOT LITTER. "DO NOT" being the operative phrase here.

Hypothetically:
Let's say I find enough small fallen sticks along my trip to fuel my Sierra Stove. Yes, I agree, I changed something by picking them up. Yes there are carbon emmissions from my small fire. But - what impact is there to the earth to get an equivilent number of BTUs out of any type of fossil fuel. How many drilling platforms will it take. Even if it's just one, How much damage was done. I am of the opinion that the reduction of petroleum products of any kind is a big step in the right direction.

Now for another unsolicited opinion - Wood was meant to burn. Billions of acres of forest fires have burned naturally and unchecked for millions of years. This carbon emmission, the atmosphere could handle. After we began manufacturing "alternative" fossil fuels things went south.

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