Wood fuel | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-23

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_fuel


00:01:32 1 Historical development
00:05:22 2 Fireplaces and stoves
00:09:08 3 1970s
00:10:07 4 1980s
00:11:08 5 Today
00:13:41 6 Measurement of firewood
00:15:34 7 Energy content
00:16:44 8 Environmental impacts
00:16:54 8.1 Combustion by-products
00:19:32 8.1.1 Combustion by-product effects on human health
00:20:53 8.2 Harvesting operations
00:23:58 8.3 Greenhouse gases
00:26:43 8.4 Regulation and Legislation
00:28:03 9 Potential use in renewable energy technologies
00:28:27 10 Usage
00:29:26 10.1 Australia
00:30:52 10.2 Europe
00:32:15 10.3 Asia
00:32:43 10.4 North America
00:33:18 11 See also



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Wood fuel (or fuelwood) is a fuel, such as firewood, charcoal, chips, sheets, pellets, and sawdust. The particular form used depends upon factors such as source, quantity, quality and application.  In many areas, wood is the most easily available form of fuel, requiring no tools in the case of picking up dead wood, or few tools, although as in any industry, specialized tools, such as skidders and hydraulic wood splitters, have been developed to mechanize production. Sawmill waste and construction industry by-products also include various forms of lumber tailings.
The discovery of how to make fire for the purpose of burning wood is regarded as one of humanity's most important advances. The use of wood as a fuel source for heating is much older than civilization and is assumed to have been used by Neanderthals. Today, burning of wood is the largest use of energy derived from a solid fuel biomass. Wood fuel can be used for cooking and heating, and occasionally for fueling steam engines and steam turbines that generate electricity. Wood may be used indoors in a furnace, stove, or fireplace, or outdoors in furnace, campfire, or bonfire.