tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post9002982372817768206..comments2024-03-28T06:18:02.329-07:00Comments on Heated Up!: A reader responds to the wood vs. coal debateJohn Ackerlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548459677032843743noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-74972077174648451072016-11-30T07:10:41.660-08:002016-11-30T07:10:41.660-08:00I was concerned about about Professor Gael Ultrich...I was concerned about about Professor Gael Ultrich not adding a rider to the concept of wood being a renewable fuel. theoretically it is but only if used on a limited scale. Even on the present scale the trees are going faster than they are growing and we will soon need to wait 50 years for them to re grow. It is good to note his comments about the pollution aspect of residential wood burning. With the new PurpleAir pocket particulate monitors I am receiving data indicating levels, as a result of having a wood burning neighbour, twenty times that at a central air quality monitoring unit. It is no surprise that the San Francisco Bay Area estimates the cost of wood burning to the health care system at one billion dollars annually. Alannoreply@blogger.com