So wood burning is bad, and it makes sense. But I have to heat myself with something and that thing is probably coming from coal, gas or nuclear. Is coal any better for the average person or maybe some hit the jackpot and the plant is far away from you? On nuclear it's OK, until it happens, ala Fukushima.
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.
So wood burning is bad, and it makes sense. But I have to heat myself with something and that thing is probably coming from coal, gas or nuclear. Is coal any better for the average person or maybe some hit the jackpot and the plant is far away from you? On nuclear it's OK, until it happens, ala Fukushima.