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<pre>Does anyone know what the BTU content of Olive wood compared to other woods?

Sadoun
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<pre>>Does anyone know what the BTU content of Olive wood compared to other woods?
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>Sadoun
I'm not sure, but it's got to be high. We cultivate over 700 olive trees in
Western Greece and use olive wood exclusively in the fireplace at the
farmhouse. Pruning definitely has more than one advantage. Olive wood is also
great for BBQing.

Norm

Norm Corley
Athens, Greece
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/7003
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<pre>Thanks Norm,
I appreciate your message below. Sorry I didn't get back with you sooner.

In our olive mills in Jordan we use dried olive Pomace to fire the furnaces to
heat the water. We usually use the previous year's dried Pomace. It is a
great source of energy, and it saves us a lot of money on Diesel fuel. The
same practice is used in Turkey. I am not sure what you do in Greece?

Most of the Pomace we produce is sold to the soap factories. Quite a few we
donate to some of the farmers to spread on their groves. It helps as a
natural fertilizer. Some is sold to sheep & goats farms. They mix it with
the animals' feed.


A few mills in the area use the Pomace to produce charcoal. It works great
for barbecuing.

Sadoun


>I'm not sure, but it's got to be high. We cultivate over 700 olive trees in
>Western Greece and use olive wood exclusively in the fireplace at the
>farmhouse. Pruning definitely has more than one advantage. Olive wood is
also
>great for BBQing.
>
>Norm Corley
>Athens, Greece
>http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/7003
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