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TurretLauncher OP t1_jdmubpd wrote

> wood burning

  • Burning wood releases more CO2 than gas, oil and even coal for the same amount of heat

  • Danish and Australian research highlights that home wood burning also produces methane. This is a powerful global heating gas and further skews the balance away from climate neutrality.

  • The biggest health threat from wood smoke comes from fine particles (also called particulate matter). They are small enough to enter the lungs where they can cause bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, or other serious respiratory diseases. Fine particles can also aggravate chronic heart and lung diseases and are linked to premature deaths in people with these chronic conditions.

  • Domestic wood burning is now the single largest contributor to fine particle pollution in the UK. These particles can increase the risk of cancer and heart disease. The 8% of homes that do burn wood or coal have become one of the largest sources of particle pollution in the UK, greater than the exhaust from traffic.

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GraniteGeekNH t1_jdmu4ew wrote

Wood burning power - electricity only, sending the waste heat into the atmosphere - hasn't worked in NH; it costs a fortune and the environmental benefits are surprisingly limited.

Combined heat and power, when you burn wood for electricity and also make use of the heat for bldgs, etc., makes a lot of sense. The drawback is that it's more location-specific, since it's hard to move heat.

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AMC4x4 t1_jdmqe3h wrote

It does have a special, unique quality in its beauty that I haven't found anywhere else in my travels. Pillsbury State Park seems to encapsulate it publicly, but I find joy in its back roads, hills, woods, fields, and old farmhouses. I feel like it's one of the last places in Southern NH that money will change. It's much the same today as it was 45 years ago.

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