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So don't ask me to pull myself through your sales funnel, make the process easy by addressing my major concerns before i need to ask.
And rather than have competition destroy your idea, take it as one data point towards validation.
Heating with wood unlocks all that essentially inert carbon into wide spread particulate, so it's no more carbon neutral than burning coal you collect by hand. You're also depleting the carbon absorption side by harvesting the tree
Everyone loves the idea of humans in space, but we learn so much more from robots and computers it makes the manned programs such a waste...
They had the better part of 20 years to adjust to the new reality but just kept plugging along with dirty, inefficient retail stores poorly stocked and staffed.
How could the same company that sold mail order houses a 100 years ago look at selling over the internet in the late 1990's and say "nah, it will never work - it's just too crazy"?
Toys r us it's another company that was well positioned to dominate but never took advantage of their competitive advantage
And since i live in a detached home and own 2 cars"environmentalists" don't want me in their tribe.
When you're labeled you get the entire reputation of the group, and the group gets all the attributes of its members. That makes broad labels either a tough sell or pretty meaningless.
It's almost always younger trees (-100 years old) and often second growth (not taking old growth coastal trees)
It's pretty tightly regulated in terms of ecosystem impact, sensitive locations, buffers, though lots of people disagree with what should be acceptable
They understand it's in their own self interest to replant, as some of these companies are harvesting planted trees already.
It's definitely not perfect, but on the whole is sustainable, and in some cases like our recent insect infestation (mostly caused by aggressive fire suppression) the preferable method to limited scale thinning