For me it's about the carbon cycle, adding to this by reintroducing carbon from fossil fuels is the real problem, wood burned carbon is already in the loop, yes there is an inertia effect, but fossil burning is much, worse, once in the loop you have to get it out again.
My gas boiler has to go!
My gas boiler has to go!
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You'll be contributing more to climate change if you burn wood rather than burning gas.
The facts show it.
Start the loop today and any future burning is bad.
The loop argument is very flawed.
WHEN WE HAVE MUCH BETTER OPTIONS.
If it's cheaper for you, then do it.
If you are happy you are still reducing your CO2 by changing to a heat pump.
But you could reduce it further if you wanted to. You don't want to. That's fine.
And yeah, I like a real fire! I refuse to feel guilty about that, don't demonise me I'm not your enemy!
I can never know if where I am going is going to be ok.
Even in rural areas wood smoke is a problem.
This is one of my friends.
https://www.dsawsp.org/personal-stories/smoke-in-a-welsh-village
I don't disagree that industrial biofuel energy is flawed, my argument is about local wood burning, and its cumulative CO2 contribution.
It's irrelevant whether it's fossil fuel CO2 or other CO2.
All that matters is putting CO2 into the atmosphere. Wood burning does that.
I campaign against wood burning mostly because of health issues, but I include the CO2 argument too because it's also relevant.
I've been in contact with scientists, and they don't believe that wood burning is carbon neutral.