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Nihil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 03:09 AM
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10. Also bear in mind ...
> other chemicals sent into the atmosphere (arsenic in pressure treated wood,

In a landfill, these would end up leaching through to the water supply.
(Yes, I'll admit that the timescale would be longer compared to combustion in
a suitable boiler - as it would for the CO2, CH4 and other decomposition
products - but it would still happen.)

In a proper biomass generator (i.e., not just burning the stuff on a bonfire
to keep warm) then the filters in place for pollution control (NOx, particulates)
will also catch some of this unwanted "other pollution" too.

I suspect that this is the better of the two choices but YMMV?
:shrug:
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