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Glen unfortunately greenies generally think wood is god as it is in principle renewable. My sister is a tree hugger in Tas.
The snag is if you do the maths, hardwoods (eucalypts) grow too slowly to be used in plantations so the reality is we're burning far more than the replacement rate.
Secondly these things are not environmentally friendly - the exhaust gases are well known as a major source of airpollution and contribute to asthma and other respiratory diseases.
This is why there was a major campaign in the 1980 to stop people burning wooden stuff - everything from fireplaces to wood heaters, incinerators anb BBQs.
If it was encouraged the air quality in Sydney for example would be on par with that in Beijing.
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