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General: Why wood fuel is far from carbon neutral

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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeAug 9th 2016
     
    Posted By: fostertomGreat article - in a nutshell.
    What's the full LCA cost and carbon content of torrefication? What %age is torefied? What potential for it to become 'majority' (whether that's for better or worse)?
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    Just for the purpose of discussion...

    Our current stove is ancient and would be too large for the room once we have fitted our IWI and ceiling/floor insulation. We originally looked at a much more efficient Defra approved stove, but the missus wants to replace it with a natural gas version to save the mess and hassle of carting logs upstairs (and ash pans downstairs).

    Is natural gas more socially acceptable than wood, or less?
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeAug 15th 2016
     
    Generally, on a kWh basis, the emissions from a gas fire are less than from a wood fire.

    There is a long thread about it here:
    http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6241&page=1
    • CommentAuthortony
    • CommentTimeAug 15th 2016
     
    Additionally no particulates from gas, and yes all emissions are less for gas.
    • CommentAuthorSimonMF
    • CommentTimeAug 15th 2016
     
    This site says a lot about the use of biomass for energy production

    https://thebiomassmonitor.org

    I am sure they have an article somewhere on their site regarding carbon neutrality
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    Gas it is then, though strange to have a fossil fuel promoted above a renewable one, though if we can use excess wind and solar power to create gas, then it's all good.
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeAug 15th 2016 edited
     
    Posted By: Pile-o-Stonestrange to have a fossil fuel promoted above a renewable one
    Basically all fuels, except nuclear, are renewables. It is just the time scale.
    With biomass there is some dodgy carbon accounting going on.

    Natural gas, though a long way from ideal, is the best fossil fuel we can currently use, there are large reserves and it is relatively cheap to extract, process and transport. As the World, and especially the UK, cannot agree on a sensible plan to reduce CO2e, we really have to promote its use over coal and biomass.

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