Why I am not buying charcoal

During summer, I barbecue regularly - like most Germans.
While everybody is talking about climate change, nobody seems to be particularly bothered about where their charcoal comes from. I see people buying a bag each weekend.

Even if you leave out the emissions from the production, just the transportation of it is already totally unnecessary, as wood literally grows on trees.

It is not only the environmentally friendly option*, it is also completely free.

_{*If you let the same wood decompose naturally, it would result in pretty much the same release of carbon dioxide.}

I am too lazy to do research for this, but I do not see any charcoal burners around here. I assume it is an exotic resource and it gets imported.

I am burning local, organic, untreated sticks, that lay around trees.

I use the ashes to even out the PH in my compost, put that back into my garden and that essentially closes the circle. It is the easiest thing to do, yet charcoal still is huge in Germany.

I wonder how many climate change protesters are burning tropical rainforest this weekend.