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Wow. I do not think people fully appreciate that when a wildfire rips through a community, it's not just leaves and trees, but plastics and everything else.

• geon 2y ago
  Hmm But I assume the fire must leave a lot of unburnt charcoal, so the fire over all might still be carbon neutral?
  • akaru 2y ago
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  • geon 2y ago
    Clarification: When wood burns, it is carbon neutral. When wood turns to charcoal, the carbon becomes pretty much inert. Unless it is burnt, it won’t rot or other wise return to the atmosphere. That makes wood fired charcoal manufacturing carbon negative.