Neil, how much fossil fuels did humans burn in 1850 compared to now?
This says there were 1.2 billion people. So, 168 years ago 1.2 billion people started burning fossil fuels?
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I recently read about coal power plants being reconfigured to burn wood pellets, which sounds much better as bio mass. They talked about how great and wonderful it was, casually mentioned that it released more carbon dioxide, and immediately moved on.
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https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...tml#post578893
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The Chatham House report is the capstone to a growing body of peer-reviewed scientific analyses—including the UK government's own modeling—that show forest biomass is not carbon neutral. It underscores that in many cases forest biomass produces more emissions than fossil fuels and these emissions persist in the atmosphere for decades.
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https://www.ecowatch.com/chatham-hou...288764699.html
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... in most circumstances, comparing technologies of similar ages, the use of woody biomass for energy will release higher levels of emissions than coal and considerably higher levels than gas.
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This says that coal has about the same energy content per pound as wood, but has half the volume. However that article describes how coal is more convenient in other ways.
Those sources say that coal is not any dirtier than wood, just more convenient, and that convenience is responsible for global warming?