Van Chocstraw wrote:
Bob F wrote:

natural gas is dirtier than wood? I never would have guessed that,
you walk around outside here sometimes and the wood smoke will
choke you.
I'm talking carbon dirty. Yes, gas puts out new C02. Wood is carbon
neutral.

But the wood smoke is a far dirtier. It contains all kinds of
pollutants. If everyone in the city used wood, many would be
sickened or die. CO2 is at least a far less immediate problem.


It's not that dirty with the new efficient wood stoves. It's not like
the 19th century when everybody burned coal and your clothes on the
clothes line outside turn black from the soot. Probably your lungs
too.

It's still a lot dirtier than natural gas. There's a reason they have burn bans,
which sometimes include even EPA certified stoves.