the other side

[Craig Johnson]

saw this add on the back of a wagon the other day:confused1:

 

Stop Burning Our Trees

[nepia]

'should only burn wood that has no other use and would otherwise go to landfill'. Oh dear.

[difflock]

Having only briefly scanned the link.

I would agree with their assertion.

BUT, most wood that is being biomass combusted is fit for no other use

except landfill.

Therefore no reason for disagreeement.

[BestFirewoodUK]

Nature will find it's way...... One Volcano eruption burst millions of tons of Co2 so should we blame Volcanoes for all our trouble and ban them from erupting ?

[nepia]

Yeah - you tell 'em!

[Forest2Furniture]

I thought the general view was that the amount of co2 a tree produces when it's burned is far outwheighed by what it consumes over it's lifetime.

 

Solar & wind power maybe renewable but what is the co2 impact on the environment whilst manufacturing the panels & turbines, neither of which have a lifetime guarantee of more than 25 years.

 

Compared to coal, gas & oil, wood is the only one that's renewable.

[PhilBeech]

The chipwood manufacturers are starting to get really fed up with the biomass boys buying up all the chipwood to chip and burn for heat / power generation with the added bonus of massive RHI and ROCS.

 

I've seen these too.

[woody3]

the link on the front page seems like they have a vested interest in the price of wood Wood Panel Industries Federation - Wood Panel Industries Federation

 

i am still getting over the fact wood chip is been exported abroad in Scotland then England is importing it from Canada:thumbdown:

[Mike Dempsey]

This just shows you screwed up the whole system is. How can they export wood chip from Scotland when there are biomass power stations importing it. I think they need to change the system to one where any power station using imported chip doesn't receive any subsidies. In fact I would go as far to stop all subsidies to power generation of any kind, whether it is domestic or commercial. If these technologies are as good as they are claimed to be then they should stand on their own two feet. We should be investing in local grant schemes to put solar panels on domestic properties and no other financial incentives. The reduction in fuel bills should be the only incentive anyone gets.

Just my tuppenceworth.

Mike

[nepia]

Or RHI etc for homegrown timber only. But of course that wouldn't be allowed as it would be protectionism.