3 ms·
A third of the world still burns wood for fuel. One of the most effective things we can do to curb emissions is get them using coal instead. Renewables are not
by Spinnaker_ 4y ago
A third of the world still burns wood for fuel. One of the most effective things we can do to curb emissions is get them using coal instead. Renewables are not in the immediate future for much of the world.
- yywwbbn 4y agoHow is replacing wood with coal going to result in a decrease in emissions? That doesn’t make any sense.. wood/biomass is at least sort of renewable.
- Spinnaker_ 4y agoBurning wood releases more ghg per unit of energy than coal. We're not talking about biomass pellets in efficient furnaces, but actual wood in a stove. The fact that a tree can grow back in 20 years and alter the equation doesn't help us at all right now. Leaving the trees standing and instead burning coal will result in a decrease of emissions.