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		yen223 on March 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Fireplace Delusion I believe coal burns more cleanly than wood. I could be wrong though.

eloisant on March 11, 2013 [–]

It depends how you burn your wood. If you burn it in a fireplace you'll reject a lot of smoke (aka unburned particles) but if you burn it in a modern woodstove, wood can burn pretty cleanly.

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