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Is that true? Firewood comes from downed/dead trees (unless a tree is felled for some other reason). I thought the same amount of carbon was released whether a
by alamortsubite 6y ago
Is that true? Firewood comes from downed/dead trees (unless a tree is felled for some other reason). I thought the same amount of carbon was released whether a dead tree rotted on the ground or was burned for heating.
- meepmorp 6y agoBurning the wood is taking carbon that would've been largely recycled as in ground biomass and converting it to heat + carbon oxides + particulates. There's an equivalent amount of carbon at all times, but the form it's in matters a lot.