Another odd fact is that wood, left to rot in the forest, will decompose to its basic elements, producing greenhouse gasses as a byproduct.
We have a small Lopi Answer wood stove that we bought back in 1998. It is on the EPA “approved” list, but who are we kidding? They’ll eventually ban ALL wood burning stoves and use drones with IR sensors and Hellfire missiles to root out and destroy the recalcitrant ones who won’t just sit there in the dark and freeze.