What do you folks consider more Organic....?
Burning wood?

Using natural Gas?

Or using electricity to heat?


I mean... Man has used fuel to keep themselves warm since Cavemen.... Now don't go all Geico Caveman on me....

I don't consider any of them to be organic but I suppose at least wood and even natural gas technically are.

Which one is least costly to the environment? Interesting question and I suppose it would depend on where you are and the resources most available. Electricity costs the environment a lot when it's produced by coal, less when it's generated by wind. Burning wood seems like a wholesome organic approach... except when everyone in a valley does it and inversions keep the air from rising. I guess I'm just babbling and don't have an answer.

None of the above. All pollute in some way. Wood is probably the most polluting of all, at least as far as polluting your immediate air, and causing micro-particles that get into the lungs.

Passive solar is probably the best option for a heat source that is natural and non-polluting.

As for the term "organic"... well that means carbon based. Wood has carbon, gas and oil too....but when we harvest those things we pollute, and when we convert them into heat, we pollute.

Solar energy is already there, and it's very nature is hot.

It depends on where I am.
When in Los Angeles, I put more clothes/blankets on. I have PV panels, but am aware of the polution caused by their manufactrue. But.... they are suposed to last for 25-40 yrs, so considered the trade off acceptable. But, I don't use electricity to heat.
When in Missouri, I stay in the motorhome (smaller space to heat) & either put on more blankets, or now use a propane catalytic heater. Very efficient use of propane, no electricity.
When on the road, I warm up the RV by runing the engine heater on high w/ the kitchen fan (at the very back of the ocach) on high. This draws the heat back to fill the coach. When I stop for the night all is nice & warm. I close up the windows 'n such when I turn the fan on, so all I have to do is pull the insulated curtain down over the cab area & I'm tucked in for the night. My motorhome is very well insulated & I've been comfy under the covers in temps as low as 8deg w/out the heater. Cold when I get up, but I dress under the covers & that helps.
evelyn

I agree with mountain cat.

Wind turbines are becoming increasingly popular. I would say they have the least impact on the environment with the most output. They don't do much for a panoramic view though.

Hydro which has been around for decades is much the same, other than inhibiting fish migrations.

Natural gas is efficient and burns very clean, especially when you compare it to wood or coal.

Wood and coal, in the home, produce far more pollution than anything else and in many places today are very restricted because of that. However, wood is a renewable resource and if we could solve the polluton problem that might be a resonable use for wood products.
Natural gas is a non renewable resource, unless we really get to work and utilize the resources we have to make more. But, except for the Carbon Dioxides, it is a cleaner burning fuel in most homes.
Electricity mostly moves the pollution point several miles from the point of use although our coal burning plants are getting somewhat better at cleaning up the exhaust gases. However what do they do with the ash the once went out the stack. The local power plant currently is filling in a wetland, with the states blessing, and because when they cannot use that anymore they will donate the land to be used as a playground, are called environmentally responsible. Wind generators might be an alternative except many people have the NIMBy attitude. Avances in solar generation, and cogeneration, may make each home, someday, energy self supporting.
We have used all the places that can be used for hydro generation and many of those are coming close to the end of there useful life. If they solve the problem of waste Nuclear may be what we will have to live with.