roadtripper
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I would think it wouldn't be, but are there any negative environmental effects of burning wood when camping? If you are interested in being "greener", should you burn less wood in your fires?
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I would think it wouldn't be, but are there any negative environmental effects of burning wood when camping? To be "greener", should you burn less wood in your fires?
Don't know for certain, but my guess is yes.Hahaha, nope. Let me re-phrase. Say a tree has fallen down. Is it less "green" to burn it than to just leave it there to de-compose??
I have read that wood smoke is about as dangerous as cigarette smoke.To prove it's not a stupid question, read this:
http://www.oregonlive.com/environmen...g_wood_in.html
yes there is. a high health risk, but as far as using it for a heating alternative for residental use in the global environmental scale, it's the lesser of the evils (taking into effect: acid precipition, fine particulates - where wood is the highest, and greenhouse gas emissions). Burning wood releases PAHs, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, which is not good. I deal with those in the soil and groundwater for my job.I would think it wouldn't be, but are there any negative environmental effects of burning wood when camping? To be "greener", should you burn less wood in your fires?
i'd say yes to that. it's less green. what are the poor mushrooms gonna eat?Hahaha, nope. Let me re-phrase. Say a tree has fallen down. Is it less "green" to burn it than to just leave it there to de-compose??
Hahaha, nope. Let me re-phrase. Say a tree has fallen down. Is it less "green" to burn it than to just leave it there to de-compose??
The question has implications on people who cut down trees/brush in their yards, and whether they should burn it, trash it, or leave it to de-compose.
To prove it's not a stupid question, read this:
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/pollution_from_burning_wood_in.html
Say a tree has fallen down. Is it less "green" to burn it than to just leave it there to de-compose??
I would think it wouldn't be, but are there any negative environmental effects of burning wood when camping? If you are interested in being "greener", should you burn less wood in your fires?
I would think it wouldn't be, but are there any negative environmental effects of burning wood when camping? If you are interested in being "greener", should you burn less wood in your fires?
Depends... is marchowes tending the fire?
I would think it wouldn't be, but are there any negative environmental effects of burning wood when camping? If you are interested in being "greener", should you burn less wood in your fires?
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