Research says, “maybe”. Biologists have been examining the relationship with Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and our environment for generations at this point. And while generations aren’t necessarily enough time to definitively conclude anything about the world we live in, it seems that some science is hopeful that we might be able to return to wood for our energy needs. If not forever, it may at least be able to hold us off for a few decades until solar power or some other renewable can actually become sustainable.
Elizabeth Dunbar at MPRnews.org explains in her article titled “Climate Curious: Is burning wood for heat carbon neutral?