HOW DOES A CHAIN SAW AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT?
Here’s an interesting fact: The total timber harvest for 1900, before the chain saw, was 12.1 billion cubic feet; the total timber harvest for 1973 — with the extensive use of tractors, cranes, and chain saws — was 12.3 billion cubic feet. Almost the same. A chain saw is dangerous to the environment if it is used in any way that is not fitting, proper, or natural. If you yourself do not use your chain saw to cut living trees for firewood or for fun, you’ll have little effect on the environment. There are millions of unused cords of dead firewood left in the forests every year and that’s not likely to change suddenly. As for the emissions from a chain saw, they are relatively slight. A chain saw sounds and smells awful, but it really puts out far less poison than an automobile and is far more efficient in fuel consumption. If you use fuel in any other way, you use more fuel per work minute than you use with a chain saw.
