On 03/01/17 22:43, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Andy Burns
wrote:

[...]
Makes no difference to the CO2 issue.

It's like when greens claim that letting wood rot "naturally" instead
of burning it reduces CO2.


I dare say some people say stupid things sometimes, and what you do with
wood makes no difference to the amount of fossil fuel we consume which
is the main driver of the greenhouse thing by a long way.

There is some truth in there somewhere though. Rotting organic matter is
Carbon not in the atmosphere, and some hydrocarbons will hang around a
long time in the soil or in landfill. I have heard that changes in
agricultural practice to increase the organic matter in soils could have
an impact. I haven't checked the maths and don't intend to.

TW