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But the dead wood decomposes and releases the same amount.

You can also use the tree without burning it.

This also applies to coal, oil, and gas. Why is THAT an argument FOR fresh wood when fossil wood is problematic?

Because wood grows back much faster. Or can oil, coal, and gas form in 20 to 30 years? Wood can.

But dead wood does decompose and releases the same amount.

Firstly, that is incorrect (keyword humus formation), secondly the wood didn’t have to die at all, thirdly the wood could have been used more sensibly for another 500 years instead of burning it DIRECTLY.

You can also utilize the tree without burning it.

The bark beetle damaged trees probably not. But you can simply do both.

The bark beetle damaged trees probably not. But you can simply do both.

Beetle wood can also be processed. Wood is not only cut into premium parquet.

Because wood grows back much faster. Or can oil, coal, and gas form in 20 to 30 years? Wood can.

YES!

Oil and coal were once wood or creatures that formed in a few decades, just as it happens today. Therefore, in those few decades, it absorbed CO2, just as wood does today while growing.

The fact that it was then transformed over millions of years and stored for millions more does not change that. The CO2 was already absorbed before.

In the end – to put it simply – it is claimed that burning fresh wood is better in terms of CO2 emissions than burning old wood.

That is logically wrong. Both are the same. So either both are bad or both are okay. You need to be honest about that.

(I sometimes also make wood fires. But I know it is not better).