Europe burns wood from Carolina forests as ‘renewable energy’ but how green is it?

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1. Well, that will depend on how long they let it sit and dry out before burning it! 😂

   Seriously, it’s astounding to think that products that exist everywhere, such as trees and forests, or oil and gas, have to be transported anywhere beyond a few to tens miles or so. Humans have been using wood for heating & cooking for many thousands of years, all over Earth, and none of them used a single cup of gasoline to do so. Imagine the resources one single cross-Atlantic container ship uses. Money makes people insane!

2. It’s about as green as the strip mining and coal fired refining for rare earth metals that we need for wind turbines.

   Truth is that some are marginally more green than others but none of them are truly “green”. A lot of it comes down to whose backyard the dirty stuff is taking place.

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