Re: [Phys-l] Climate Change - Is it Controversial?

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

Quist, Oren wrote:
> Not to muddy the waters, or anything.  But, apparently new (big) power plants are being designed to be fueled by wood.  Anyone care to comment???
>
> Oren Quist
>   
In these hyar parts, the wood stove user is adjured to buy hardwoods 
given the choice. The reason is not hard to find...

Firewood is sold by the cord (more in the absence than not, sad to tell)
which is a volumetric measure beloved on the domestic front.
But heating value is a function of mass rather than volume.

Either way, the volatiles deposit readily on stovepipes and chimneys 
and lead to interesting conflagrations. One can conclude that attention 
is needed to combusting all the materials which can be burned, and 
scrubbing out those that cannot.

BrianW