[Greenbuilding] Wood by the pound.

[LarenCorie]

From: Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com>

>> The carbon would end up back in the atmosphere either way.
>>
> True, but I'd add two qualifications.
> (1) the carbon in the wood would be released much more quickly
> if it were burned as firewood than put in the landfill,

Hi Reuben;

   All that would do, would be to create a few years lag time,
but as the stock of landfill wood builds up, the amount of carbon
released every year also increases, until, just as with burning,
the carbon released will equal the carbon being place there.
So,.on the time scale of the planet, there is no difference.

> (2) it is only reasonable to assume that if burned, it would be
> offsetting an amount of fossil carbon presently used to heat all
> these houses that has very different implications for climate change.

Yes.....that is the valid comparison, since the problem
is the accelerated release of carbon, from fossil fuels.
Reducing fossil fuel uses, is a good thing.

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