The environmentalists are too stupid to understand, but that's a good idea, even if the far left is correct for once. Wood takes carbon out of the atmosphere as the tree grows, and burning the wood releases the same carbon. Failing to burn the wood in most cases means that the wood decomposes - and still releases the original carbon back to the atmosphere in a few years. I think the effect of CO2 is vastly exaggerated in order to support the left's typical power grab, but non-fossil carbon fuels are clearly completely benign.
How about the carbon released from the rotting corpses of the newly starved masses?