Sunday, December 11, 2011

What are the potentials of wood as a sustainable fuel of the future?

Wood is heavy when compared to the energy content per unit. When I walk out back of my house and cut a dead tree to burn it's very ecologically friendly compared to any other heating source since I have a clean burning stove. Whenever I go to my grandmothers house 100 miles away I fill up the truck with wood. This is about the limit for energy efficiency to haul wood. Wood would need to be hauled from hundreds of miles away to power large cities; trees just don't grow fast enough to be able to supply them any closer.

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