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When burning things not 100% fully you produce carbon black, which has a greater greenhouse effect than if you would release carbon as CO2. Further harvesting w
by legulere 3y ago
When burning things not 100% fully you produce carbon black, which has a greater greenhouse effect than if you would release carbon as CO2.
Further harvesting wood leads to younger forests, which store less carbon than old growth forests. A better use-case than burning is using it for durable goods like in construction, which binds the carbon for much longer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_carbon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_carbon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sink#Forests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sink#Forests
p.s. I'm not telling anyone to stop doing bbq, just to stop lying to themselves about the negative effects it has
- strken 3y agoCarbon black, or black carbon? Black carbon only stays in the atmosphere for a few weeks, and while I can't find data on carbon black it presumably falls to earth pretty quickly too, which makes me think you're comparing instantaneous rather than lifetime greenhouse effect.