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> If anything it releases all the carbon (CO2 + CO) in the atmosphere

Not more than burning my regular fire wood, and infinitely better than fossil fuel

> compositing in the ground is a tad better option

It releases the same amount of carbon in the atmosphere, burning it is just a tiny bit faster than having termite digest and fart it away

The problem with carbon is when you take it from outside of the system (deep in the ground) and put it back in the cycle, anyways, you get the idea



>Not more than burning my regular fire wood, and infinitely better than fossil fuel

Not recycling still, recycling would be making something out of it, e.g. a plate, a toy, whatever. Another option is making fiberboard alike material out of it from sawdust.

Dunno about termites, it'd depend where you live, but then again, I am not sure how that came into the discussion. Anyway compost is used in gardening, so it's a form of recycling.


When you turn the wood into co2, it eventually becomes more wood.




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