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mikkupikkuyesterday at 8:16 PM3 repliesview on HN

Anthracite burns clean enough to use in a pizza oven. If your neighbor told you he was going to install a new furnace and offered you the choice of it burning wood pellets or anthracite, from a smell standpoint you should absolutely choose the anthracite.

Anthracite, in these regards, is very different from bituminous coal.


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hatthewyesterday at 8:22 PM

And both are very different from not burning anything.

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enointtoday at 2:43 AM

Considering the mercury and arsenic in all coal, wood is preferred in ovens.

kube-systemyesterday at 8:20 PM

>Anthracite burns clean enough to use in a pizza oven.

Yeah, so does wood, which is horribly polluting.

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