A friend sent me this article from TNR. That describes firewood banks, as ways that the poor are provided with free firewood that helps them survive winters. And the interpretation here is that the need for firewood banks shows a society that is not doing well. I.e. if society was doing well, people wouldn't need free firewood to survive.

So apparently there is federal funding to support this. See the first link below.

I've never heard of firewood banks in Texas. For those of you in rural areas, are you aware of any? I believe that in general in Texas, the vast majority of persons do you use wood stoves for heat.


https://www.firewoodbanks.org/overview

https://newrepublic.com/article/204051/firewood-banks-heating-bill-winter?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=thenewrepublic/magazine/Climate

austinAG90 said:

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Great article - didn't list one single location this reportedly taking place. Now we know where you get your "information". Waste of time even reading it.

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The photo used for the article in one of these "firewood banks" was taken almost 5 years ago in January of 2021.

So they aren't "popping up" they've been around since the first day Xiden was sworn in with nobody present with fences all over DC

Are these wood banks adjacent to sperm banks?

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The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 40803(c)(17), included $8 million for firewood banks. The Alliance for Green Heat, a national non profit organization, is working with the U.S. Forest Service to facilitate the deployment of this funding to firewood banks across the country.

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Jugstore Cowboy said:

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The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 40803(c)(17), included $8 million for firewood banks. The Alliance for Green Heat, a national non profit organization, is working with the U.S. Forest Service to facilitate the deployment of this funding to firewood banks across the country.

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Sounds like run of the mill government grift to me. Guess I need to submit an application for government funding for my firewood bank.

$8MM for firewood? My God! Everyone in Congress that voted for this should be in prison. Investigat anyone associated with the "Alliance for Green heat"

flown-the-coop said:

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I usually need to rob a bank to pay for firewood to be delivered.

And where in Texas are people using wood stoves these days?

Don't even bring up the colonias. They burn my lumber and tubes of adhesive to stay warm.

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My FIL lives on 54 acres covered mostly with live oaks between Bulverde and Boerne and he uses a woodstove for most of his heating needs. When he built his house, he insulated the hell out of it (It is built like an Igloo cooler), and unless it stays in the 20s/30s for a prolonged period, his heater rarely comes on.

txags92 said:

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flown-the-coop said:

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I usually need to rob a bank to pay for firewood to be delivered.

And where in Texas are people using wood stoves these days?

Don't even bring up the colonias. They burn my lumber and tubes of adhesive to stay warm.

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My FIL lives on 54 acres covered mostly with live oaks between Bulverde and Boerne and he uses a woodstove for most of his heating needs. When he built his house, he insulated the hell out of it (It is built like an Igloo cooler), and unless it stays in the 20s/30s for a prolonged period, his heater rarely comes on.

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Yep, my grandmother had an old wood burning stove in her kitchen/dining room until we put her in assisted living about 10yrs ago. I wish I had thought to take that stove with me when we sold the house.

Accordions.

I mean my grandparents had a wood stove, and we had a wood heater.

When we redid our fireplace a few years ago, we put on a wood heater. You can hook it into the central air but it does just fine.

But 2020s, in Texas, it ain't the poor urban folk burning wood to heat their home.

$8 million and I bet the total program was 8 cords.

flown-the-coop said:

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I mean my grandparents had a wood stove, and we had a wood heater.

When we redid our fireplace a few years ago, we put on a wood heater. You can hook it into the central air but it does just fine.

But 2020s, in Texas, it ain't the poor urban folk burning wood to heat their home.

$8 million and I bet the total program was 8 cords.

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Oh absolutely. It was almost certainly pure grift and a payoff to somebody politically connected's NGO. There are people in Texas using firewood for heat. But it ain't the poor folks who can't afford electricity/gas for the most part.

Central bank or a branch?

Government going to get involved- lol, someone gonna get their pockets lined.
Crap in east Texas you can't give firewood away.
Enterprising folks will charge you to come get it.
Young guys who used to go out in woods now want to buy it delivered and stacked since they have money. Poor folks don't want to fool with it, they got utility vouchers.
BS OP.

shiftyandquick said:

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I believe that in general in Texas, the vast majority of persons do you use wood stoves for heat.

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I'm sure you do believe that. And it explains at lot.

I grew up with a cast iron wood stove for heat…it would run you out of the house!

I'll take things that have been going on forever in rural communities, but were just found out about and given a new name by Gen-Z city slickers for $100, Alex.

Belton Ag said:

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shiftyandquick said:

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I believe that in general in Texas, the vast majority of persons do you use wood stoves for heat.

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I'm sure you do believe that. And it explains at lot.

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Nice burn!

IIIHorn said:

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Central bank or a branch?

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I see what you did there.

normaleagle05 said:

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shiftyandquick said:

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I believe that in general in Texas, the vast majority of persons do you use wood stoves for heat.

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LOL

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I wrote that incorrectly, I meant the opposite. That the majority of people in Texas do not use woodstoves.

Owlagdad said:

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Government going to get involved- lol, someone gonna get their pockets lined.
Crap in east Texas you can't give firewood away.
Enterprising folks will charge you to come get it.
Young guys who used to go out in woods now want to buy it delivered and stacked since they have money. Poor folks don't want to fool with it, they got utility vouchers.
BS OP.

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But what if - and just hear me out - you could get the government to pay you for it?

A lot of old loggers figured out how to get FEMA contracts for debris removal. Some bigger fish may have figured out a new way.

flown-the-coop said:

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I mean my grandparents had a wood stove, and we had a wood heater.

When we redid our fireplace a few years ago, we put on a wood heater. You can hook it into the central air but it does just fine.

But 2020s, in Texas, it ain't the poor urban folk burning wood to heat their home.

$8 million and I bet the total program was 8 cords.

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Is this the same outfit that spent $5 billion for a dozen Tesla chargers?

I'm just now searching the internet tubes for reports on free firewood.

Here's one from 2020.

https://kutv.com/news/local/latter-day-saints-participate-in-operation-firewood-rescue-to-help-native-americans

Here's a current one. "Atlanta Firewood Bank."

The irony of chopping down trees so Kicking Two Toes can have firewood to stay warm since he can no longer gather his own… since the white man came and chopped his trees down… so they could have firewood for the Indians.

Nothing better describes peak AWFL intervention than this.

flown-the-coop said:

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The irony of chopping down trees so Kicking Two Toes cannot gather his own firewood… since the white man came and chopped his trees down… so he could have firewood for the Indians.

Nothing better describes peak AWFL intervention than this.

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Liberal white people: Blacks can't get driver licenses, because they can't use a computer

Also liberal white people: Indians can't get firewood, because they don't know how to use an axe.

Never change liberals.

itsyourboypookie said:

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I'm not poor. But I'll take 'free' firewood. Thanks for posting!

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No ***** Can I select the type of wood and size?