Don't know if the pellets will ever make it to the UK, but there are plans afoot to turn vast amounts of the massive tree kill by the mountain pine beetle into pellets here in British Columbia.

The supply could prove limitless as the devastation has crossed the border into northern Alberta and is expected to spread right the way across Canada.

Don't need pellets myself, we have enough downed trees on our property right now, as a result of recent ice storms, heavy snow and hurricane force winds, to keep us warm for the next 10 years. Some 80 to 100 year old Douglas fir snapped off at the base like matchsticks. Quite a mess and as with Allan S., splitting all of it is going to be a problem.