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This is something I'm having a hard time figuring out, whether burning wood or natural gas for heat is net worse. If people are burning nat. gas for heat instea
by reducesuffering 5y ago
This is something I'm having a hard time figuring out, whether burning wood or natural gas for heat is net worse. If people are burning nat. gas for heat instead, that is still resulting in emissions around you, but can anyone confirm wood emissions are worse healthwise? On the other hand, won't burning natural gas greater contribute to CO2, since it's taking long dormant reserves and releasing them, rather than wood which is a short term cycle? That wood will be decomposed/burned sooner or later anyway, just maybe not in a populated area.
- mikepurvis 5y agoI think wood is considerably worse in the local area, probably enough-worse that it's better not to do it at all unless you're quite remote. Honestly, this business about people in suburban environments burning wood for heat is news to me— are there like actual high efficiency wood burning furnaces [1] people are using for this? Or is it single-room solutions like a Franklin stove or open fireplace? The only time I've encountered an open indoor fire has been at Christmas at Grandma's house, and that was always for ambience more than heat— most of the heat was going straight up the chimney, and that was despite it making the room smell like smoke for the next two days. [1]: For example: https://www.drolet.ca/en/products/furnaces/heat-commander-wood-furnace/ https://www.drolet.ca/en/products/furnaces/heat-commander-wo...
- reducesuffering 5y agoMy suburban place came with a wood pellet burning fireplace for (mostly) a single room. My partner staying warm by running that costs about half the price of natural gas heating the whole place. Would be interested in ways to calculate emissions based on how many lbs/kgs of wood pellets vs. therms of nat. gas.