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<blockquote data-quote="OldWiseGuy" data-source="post: 76319611" data-attributes="member: 139156"><p><a href="https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/faq/how-much-carbon-dioxide-produced-when-different-fuels-are-burned" target="_blank">How much carbon dioxide is produced when different fuels are burned? | American Geosciences Institute</a></p><p></p><p>Burning wood produces twice as much CO2 as say natural gas (wood and coal are similar for this comparison). The performance of wood can be increased by drying, pelletizing, or burning at high temperatures. It should be noted that natural gas burning can be carefully regulated to produce very good results whereas wood is seldom burned under ideal combustion conditions.</p><p></p><p>Wood is considered "dry" when moisture content is 20 percent or lower. This means that nearly 25 percent of potential heat energy is used to evaporate this water content. Natural gas also contains moisture, but finding an understandable comparison to wood is difficult.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.phymetrix.com/industries-applications/natural-gas/#:~:text=Natural%20Gas%20is%20typically%20dried%20to%207%20pounds,approximately%20-40%C2%B0F%20dewpoint%20or%20143PPMv%20of%20moisture%20content." target="_blank">Natural Gas - Phymetrix</a></p><p></p><p>It also must be noted that the potential of producing methane (natural gas) from food waste is enormous but is sadly wasted on a grand scale. Such renewable energy potential would mitigate the poorer performance of wood fuel while serving to reduce the use of fossil fuels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OldWiseGuy, post: 76319611, member: 139156"] [URL='https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/faq/how-much-carbon-dioxide-produced-when-different-fuels-are-burned']How much carbon dioxide is produced when different fuels are burned? | American Geosciences Institute[/URL] Burning wood produces twice as much CO2 as say natural gas (wood and coal are similar for this comparison). The performance of wood can be increased by drying, pelletizing, or burning at high temperatures. It should be noted that natural gas burning can be carefully regulated to produce very good results whereas wood is seldom burned under ideal combustion conditions. Wood is considered "dry" when moisture content is 20 percent or lower. This means that nearly 25 percent of potential heat energy is used to evaporate this water content. Natural gas also contains moisture, but finding an understandable comparison to wood is difficult. [URL='http://www.phymetrix.com/industries-applications/natural-gas/#:~:text=Natural%20Gas%20is%20typically%20dried%20to%207%20pounds,approximately%20-40%C2%B0F%20dewpoint%20or%20143PPMv%20of%20moisture%20content.']Natural Gas - Phymetrix[/URL] It also must be noted that the potential of producing methane (natural gas) from food waste is enormous but is sadly wasted on a grand scale. Such renewable energy potential would mitigate the poorer performance of wood fuel while serving to reduce the use of fossil fuels. [/QUOTE]
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