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Great series and reporting. Thanks.

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Thank you, Michael. It's a lot of information, but I think it's good to lump it together like this to show the larger pattern.

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Another solid, sobering round of reporting. Thanks, Jason. I wonder if you know what percentage of wood-burning comes from households (like yours and mine) compared to wood-fired (wood chips, I guess) power plants.

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Excellent question, Bryan, but not one I'd looked into. A quick search turns up this from the Energy Information Administration, which I think answers your question in the set of percentages at the end: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/biomass/wood-and-wood-waste.php. Vermont and Maine, btw, are the top states still burning wood for heat. Nationwide, about 2 percent of homes burn wood as primary heat and another 8 percent burn it as secondary heat.

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