The lesson is not confined to biomass. It applies to California’s broader governing philosophy: a preference for symbolic goals over practical trade-offs, for slogans over engineering, for regulation over results.…
Category: Biomass
Biomass: The Green Energy Debate We Need To Have
Is biomass really the climate hero it claims to be? We’ve been told it is clean, renewable, and part of the solution. But dig a little deeper, and the picture…
British Politicians, Green Energy Company Accused of Polluting a Mississippi Town
A horrid mess of impoverished workers, alleged pollution, government subsidies and a big dose of greenwashing.
How Ed Miliband’s Net Zero Fantasy Is Deforesting North Carolina
Everyone I spoke to in North Carolina admitted they were slightly shocked that “tree-loving” and climate change-aware Britain, of all countries, had facilitated the biomass industry –adopting renewable energy accounting…
Drax To Build Wood Power Cargo Ship
As for Drax, they are in a bit of a hole, being totally reliant on government subsidies. If these are stopped, they don’t have a viable business; hence their desperation…
Wood Pellets Aren’t CO2 Neutral, Emit More Than Coal… Double Of Natural Gas
Wood emits double the CO2 that natural gas does. Never mind the particulates burning wood entails.
The Biomass Mirage: Unveiling the Reality Behind Enviva’s Downfall
Biomass is often touted as sustainable, yet this is a gross oversimplification. As the article points out,
ROSS CLARK: This polluting green sham has been mocking taxpayers for years
Neither has Drax given us carbon-free electricity – unless you turn a blind eye to a colossal bureaucratic sleight of hand.
The contradictory Green policies to limit CO2 emissions
…the scale of CO2 emissions from Biomass cancels out any potential CO2 emissions savings made from using Weather-Dependent “Renewables”.
Deforesting To Save The Planet? Europe’s Forests Shrinking as Wood Used For “Green” Energy
In the United Kingdom, the former Drax coal-fired power plant burns significant amounts of wood.
Australia Rejects Forest Biomass
Australia’s reluctance to embrace woody biomass has led it to invest more heavily in zero-carbon renewable energy.
Linnea Lukin, Exploring Energy: Biomass
Heartland’s Linnea Lueken breaks down the details behind this biomass as an energy source in the newest episode of Exploring Energy.
Drax Is Burning Virgin Forest
The BBC have finally caught up! There have been complaints for years about this:
EU Votes to Keep Burning Forests Because of Climate Change
In the 16th Century, coal saved the forests of Britain and Europe from total extinction. My question, who or what will save the forests this time?
EU Cuts Green Energy Subsidies for “Environmentally Destructive” Tree Burning
European greens have apparently noticed that chopping down forests causes environmental harm.
Thanks, Guardian, For Questioning the Virtues of Biomass
A recent article in United Kingdom (UK)-based newspaper The Guardian gives fair coverage to the idea that biomass energy may not be as environmentally friendly as its advocates claim.
Drax Subsidies Hit £893 Million Last Year
Subsidies for their biomass operation reached £893 million last year. All of this is added to our electricity bills:
Green Fuel Folly: Forest Thinning (For Wood Pellet Production) Has A Profound Surface Warming Impact
In the end, it means wood pellets are backfiring. They lead to forest degradation, and even more rapid CO2 emissions and pollution from their burning. The practice just couldn’t possibly…
Oops. No More Subsidies for Drax
Drax has been booted from an investment index of clean energy companies as doubts over the sustainability of its wood-burning power plant begin to mount within the financial sector.
Drax’s renewable energy plant is UK’s biggest CO2 emitter, analysis claims
Note how both Drax and the BEIS are simply sticking their fingers in their ears! “We don’t recognise these figures!!”
Drax To Face Court Over Wood Dust Pollution
It is of course deeply ironic that the green lobby has consistently attacked coal power because of pollution, and not just carbon dioxide emissions.
Review of Biomass Calculations in Achieving Net Zero Emissions Scenario.
The current practice of using trees as a renewable and carbon neutral option simple does not make sense in theory or practice. If we want to reduce our carbon emissions…
Scientists: Please Fund Us (or the microbes get it!)
From the Famous National Lampoon Cover department: Leaving microbes out of climate change conversation has major consequences, experts warn From the University of New South Wales (home of the Ship…
A Closer Look at the Impact of Bioenergy
…the EU and US drive for biofuels has had by far the biggest effect on food supply and prices.