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But I should stop using my wood-stove because I'm "part of the problem" when Taylor Swift and John Kerry are flying private jets on a weekly basis... right.

Climate is an issue but this is why it's hilarious that I'm supposed to change my life to help "fix" this.

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Burning wood has no net CO2 emissions. You're just undoing what the tree did when it grew.

There is an issue of the time scales involved, after all if you take it far enough oil and gas are just undoing what geological epochs did, and will do again.

Personally though no I don't think a wood burning stove is an issue, other than the raised cancer risk for the owner/operator, and that isn't my problem.

exactly my point

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