It is a serious stretch calling burning wood to create energy either renewable or good for the environment. I know a lot about this as I researched it extensively, and went to numerous public meetings, when a “Biomass” plant was proposed near our home up north. Fortunately, our state up north came to their senses and removed Biomass from the list of green and renewable energy sources, thus eliminating taxpayer subsidies and squashing the economics of the proposed plant. Burning wood releases a serious amount of toxins into the air, and not only do stripped forests take very long to regenerate, but trees sequester large quantities of carbon from the air. It is much better for the environment to leave the trees alone and not harvest wood to be burned for energy.
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