Wow, I was giving you the benefit of doubt that you were talking about particulates, not CO2.

Wood, and I was originally speaking of wood stoves, (although pellets are still better than coal) is CO2 neutral. Trees grow, die, decompose, new trees grow.

Where fossil fuels are carbon emitters, so sure if you only measure the burn, and ignore everything in the supply chain, wood is worse, but you have to ignore everything prior it getting to your house.

It won't be large scale, as people in dense suburbs and cities won't be burning wood, but rural people and less dense suburbs can be part of the solution.

Anybody that lives "in the woods" on about 1.5 acres or more will likely have enough dead trees to heat thier house for years.

That and power companies and other home owners take down dead/dying trees and either leave it to rot or someone can go grab it for free.