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by onraglanroad 35 days ago
> But wood emits more carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour than coal

Utterly irrelevant since that carbon came out of the air to grow the tree in the first place.

> Forest regrowth might eventually remove that extra carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but regrowth is uncertain

Of course it's not! Trees are grown as a crop. These aren't ancient forests, they're fields of trees for harvesting. If it was uncertain no-one could make money from forestry.