Comment on That boy is all right

Horsecook@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Carbon neutral?

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  • Horsecook@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    All the carbon in wood came from the atmosphere.

    The carbon in petrochemicals came out of the ground, and releasing it into the atmosphere via combustion changes the overall amounts and proportions of gasses in the atmosphere.

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    • Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I thought it required energy to process wood into charcoal?

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      • Horsecook@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        To be honest, I’ve never looked into how industrial charcoal is produced. It’s possible some kilns are gas fired. I don’t know.

        When it’s done in the traditional manner, the energy comes from the wood itself. You ignite it, cook off the volatiles, then starve it of oxygen.

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Not if you have a Wand of Burnination with charges left 🤷

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• ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s what I told my mother

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