woodchip power station

[jpbeaver]

i got sent this link by my brother and thought i'd post it here. it might be old news but thought some might find it interesting. is anyone here into biomass chipping?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7105124.stm

[Paul Barton]

Fantastic news. Spent some time looking in to this a while ago - it can only be a good thing. For the planet and us lot!!

[Mr Ed]

At the rate we consume energy, we will deforest the UK to feed these stations. A lot of the biomass being burnt in the UK is shipped in from around the globe.

I'm not against the principle, but we do everything cockeyed in this godamn country. Vast coal burning powerplants want biomass as a 5% feedstock to appear to be green. massive stations are built so stupid ***** can turn on their electric heaters and electric kettles whilst leaving every godsdamn consumer bauble sat on standby consuming yet ever more power.

Did you know that 65% of the UK's carbon footprint is produced through DOmestic use?

The germans perfected the idea and production of zero energy loss houses in the late 70's. we are only just adopting those standards now, more than 30 ears later!

 

Biomass should be implemented just like our european neighbours do it - small scale local plants that sell the power AND the heat back into the local communities.