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That all sounds great, another great case is to use rest material from other wood production. If all wood pellet burning had these origins then it's a carbon n

• fy20 4y ago
  In my country (EU) the local wood pellet manufacturers use all sorts of biomass that would otherwise be considered junk, such as hulls from sunflower seeds. I find it hard to believe that companies are cutting down trees and using the best parts to make wood pellets, when there is so much demand for that wood elsewhere. Compared to burning wood directly, pellets burn a lot cleaner meaning they release a lot less local pollution in the point of use. A friend added a pellet hopper to his wood furnace a few years ago and was amazed that after the switch he had no smoke and very little ash. And he no longer has to go and load it every morning and evening.