Further, where did the idea that all the decayed wood's carbon goes into
the atmosphere. If that were true in general, we wouldn't have any
fossil fuels! Much of the decayed wood turn into humus and stays in the
soil.
The only argument I could buy is is you grow trees at the same rate you
burn them, you are probably carbon neutral.
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "Robert Bruninga via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: 22-Dec-14 10:00:44 AM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] Pound-foolish batteries for solar PV off-grid
➢ A tree burned emits no more than a tree decayed on the forest floor.
Ah, I knew they claimed that burning wood was carbon neutral, but I
could
not remember why. You just summarized it well. Though there are other
junk
from burning wood that we don’t want to breath (as noted by Mark:)
Burning wood emits *lots* of air pollution,
particularly particulate matter, but also including ...
potent carcinogens, NOx (also a greenhouse gas),
CO (*dangerous* in closed spaces), and more.
And surely some of that carbon takes years to return to the atmosphere
if
not forever and so that can help our short-term problem better by not
burning it (yet)...
Bob
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