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QUESTION:Can a wood burning boiler reduce carbon emission, if so where can you source a boiler?
ANSWER: My theory is that wood omits carbon when burning. Wood has less energy stored in it than coal for example, so you have to burn more wood to get the same heat as burning coal. In other words you would be causing a similar amount of pollution.
A plus point is that wood does not require much energy to source, where as mining coal, or drilling for oil does, causing emmissions before you even burn the stuff. Picking up driftwood from the beach doesn't cause emmissions. Well OK, it does , as you are breathing out co2.
Regarding the previous answer to your question ; my father had a large wood burner which also heated the water for a central heating system. Problems heating a house ? Well actually he had problems with overheating the residents of his house. Believe me , the whole house was roasting from the heat produced from one stove.
By the way, I burn wood in a small solid fuel stove. Best look up a local retailer on the internet. There are plenty of them, and easy to find.
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