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Unless treated, it doesn't matter if wood is burned or left to decay as it will release the same amount of CO2 in the atmosphere anyway.
by eptcyka 5y ago
Unless treated, it doesn't matter if wood is burned or left to decay as it will release the same amount of CO2 in the atmosphere anyway.
- cassepipe 5y agoWell there's a time component to burning or leaving to decay. Leaving a tree to decay takes a long time and there's time for many other trees to grow in the meantime. Pretty safe.
- eptcyka 5y agoIn mature forests, the replacement time is pretty much 1:1. If you disregard the nutrients being taken away from the soil and the energy needed to transport and dry the wood, wood would be a pretty good fuel. Slightly worse than nuclear, I imagine.
- maxerickson 5y agoParticulates from wood smoke are brutal. (there are stoves that do better of course)