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My understanding is that a lot of the carbon is still released as the sap is dried out and so on.
by ticviking 8y ago
My understanding is that a lot of the carbon is still released as the sap is dried out and so on.
- peteradio 8y agoGot any source on that? Carbon generally isn't released without burning or so I thought. Though, this article seems to suggest that composted wood releases it's carbon which is at odds with what I thought I knew.
- bluGill 8y agoBiological process are generally a slow controlled burn. Compost burns the carbon for the energy that creates, releasing CO2.
- noselasd 8y agoNo, that's not happening. The carbon is by and large stored in the cellulose, hemicellulose and ligning of the wood. That carbon will go back to co2 again if the wood rots or burns - but not when it dries.