this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2026
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So, it takes burning 1kg of wood to generate 25 Wh, or 90kJ. One kilo of wood contains, roughly, 20.000kJ of energy. That's about 0.5%.
It's fine if you want heat at that time, but quite a bit power demand is when you don't need any heat.
It also creates huge problems with particulate pollution that are tied with all fossil fuel heating systems.
I can see that being used in rural areas where wood is abundant. We need a alternate for urban areas tho
166W an hour? You can power a laptop and a light for that. What on earth were they smoking to say this is worthwhile..
Unit pedant here: Just 166W. Watts are joules per second (they already have time in them, adding another unit of time confuses things).
This might seem silly, but it will help avoid confusion when you encounter Wh (watts * hours).