wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2012 at 9:18am:

Alternatively firewood costs about 15 cents a kilo and it only takes 70 years for a carob tree to reach maturity. After we cut them down for firewood I am sure the next generation can plant new ones so their granchildren can burn those too. We don't really "own" our land it's just borrowed from our children. Bruixot

For what it's worth James, I agree with your sentiments, however, Nobrot's suggestion of pruning them by about a third sounds like a reasonable compromise ?