I don’t know how many households using woods for heating in the winter in my neighborhood.
We ourselves never used wood for heating purposes.
As reported by Ortman and Raglin (2018, published in US Census Bureu) that at least 30% of houses heated by woods in America.
Using of woods is varied from one states to others. Some states, especially in rural areas that more than 30% households rely on woods for heating.
Plenty of reasons to use woods both in cities and rural areas:
- ready available or accessible
- free in many rural areas, and affordable in cities or other places.
- could reduce emissions of greenhouse gas (far below from other fuels).
In case of power failure due to natural disasters in the cold seasons, woods deliver heating security.
It is reported that average Americans use wood products 3 times than average world population per day:
- using two pound woods for average people in the world
- six pound woods for average Americans
However, not all woods are good for fireplaces due to its release smoke which contains “urushiol,” dangerous substances.
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