QuestionsYouShouldBeAbleToAnswer

Folks, as I (grh) looked through the report, I started thinking about potential questions from people who read this report or see your presentation of it. I've started a list here - you should add to it - and be able to answer them. For some of them, you might want to amplify in the report.

What do these numbers (those on p2) mean? All of them. Are they relatively large? small? How do they compare to things people on the street can understand?

What is Importance Value  and why would we use it?

What's an MBTU? and what does it signify?

What is net carbon sequestration? gross?

What's the difference between Tables 2 & 3 in the auto-generated report?

What assumptions were used for the various calculations and generating all of these numbers? How realistic are they in general? In Raleigh?

P11 what's up with these pests? Do they matter in Raleigh? What is each one?

P12 says 1ha plots???

P15 why do these recommendations work?

What is a Shannon Wiener diversity index, and why would we use this?


 * Questions for Nowak and others at UFORE HQ**

How did they determine how many people use gas vs electric for heating?