Can a wood burning fire be consider as a green alternative ? I'mconfused, I was checking out comparative fuel cost on the The SolidFuel Technology Institute website and it would appear that wood logscost the least and have the lowest carbon emissions per kW.

Optimistically - burning wood is carbon neutral.It can even be carbon positive with the right woodburning stove, asthe methane (a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2) that wouldotherwise be released to the atmosphere from rotting timber is burntin the stove.Practically there are aspects like transportation etc, so the carbonimpact is smaller than other fuels but not zero.Oh - and you can get 2 lots of warmth out of them. One lot when youchop them, and another from burning them;-)

Can a wood burning fire be consider as a green alternative ?

May 14, 2007 41 Replies

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cupra 19 years ago

And how about those vegetarians who use buses? ;)

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The Natural Philosopher 19 years ago

And fart more methane than the average cow?

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