> Why would you be interested in burning wood? Something you can stick in a cabin to power odd appliances or a computer and not have to worry about carrying fu

> Why would you be interested in burning wood? Something you can stick in a cabin to power odd appliances or a computer and not have to worry about carrying fuel in (not very practical I admit). Simple thermoelectric generators are tricky because you have to maintain the temperature difference - generally only good for brief use or with a battery. > Interesting. Do you have links to further reading? To be honest, it's information I got second hand from some climate researchers I used to work with. I wasn't planning to weigh in with google results, but this blog does a very impressive job of documenting the back and forth with links to papers - http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2013/08/shale-gas-more-or-less-polluting-than-coal/ http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2013/08/shale-gas-more-or-le...