<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp30e0e086yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255"><div class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255yqt3091865072" id="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255yqtfd96838"><div><div class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpa109e5c7yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">Hi,<div><div id="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105"><div><div class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105ydp79ee5750yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">This article is from a very good online<a shape="rect" class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105" href="https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> LOW-TECH MAGAZINE</a><div>
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<br clear="none"></h2></div><div dir="ltr">The articles are very well written.They even have a SOLAR-POWERED WEBSITE, based in Spain.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In One World, <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Dhan Hurley<br clear="none"></div><div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">DIASPORA COMMUNITY.... My PROFILE PAGE :- </font></div><font size="3">IRISH, MUSICIAN, POET,
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for the life forms that depend on them. Coppice forests can have a
richer biodiversity than unmanaged forests, because they always contain
areas with different stages of light and growth. None of this is true in
industrial wood plantations, which support little or no plant and
animal life, and which have longer rotation cycles (of at least
twenty years).</span></i><br clear="none"></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105" href="https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/09/how-to-make-biomass-energy-sustainable-again.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/09/how-to-make-biomass-energy-sustainable-again.html</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div><h1 class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105ydpb4c9cde0entry-title">
<font size="5">How to Make Biomass Energy Sustainable Again</font></h1>
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From the Neolithic to the beginning of the twentieth century,
coppiced woodlands, pollarded trees, and hedgerows provided people with a
sustainable supply of energy, materials, and food.
</p><h2>How is Cutting Down Trees Sustainable?</h2>
<p>Advocating for the use of biomass as a renewable source of energy –
replacing fossil fuels – has become controversial among
environmentalists. The comments on the previous article, <a shape="rect" href="https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/05/thermoelectric-stoves-ditch-the-solar-panels.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">which discussed thermoelectric stoves</a>, illustrate this:</p>
<ul><li>“As the recent film Planet of the Humans points out, biomass a.k.a.
dead trees is not a renewable resource by any means, even though the <span class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105ydpb4c9cde0caps">EU</span> classifies it as such.”</li><li>“How is cutting down trees sustainable?”</li><li>“Article fails to mention that a wood stove produces more <span class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105ydpb4c9cde0caps">CO2</span> than a coal power plant for every ton of wood/coal that is burned.”</li><li>“This is pure insanity. Burning trees to reduce our carbon footprint is oxymoronic.”</li><li>“The carbon footprint alone is just horrifying.”</li><li>“The biggest problem with burning anything is once it’s burned, it’s gone forever.”</li><li>“The only silly question I can add to to the silliness of this piece, is where is all the wood coming from?”</li></ul>
<p>In contrast to what the comments suggest, the article does not
advocate the expansion of biomass as an energy source. Instead, it
argues that already burning biomass fires – used by roughly 40% of
today’s global population – could also produce electricity as a
by-product, if they are outfitted with thermoelectric modules.
Nevertheless, several commenters maintained their criticism after they
read the article more carefully. One of them wrote: “We should aim to
eliminate the burning of biomass globally, not make it more attractive.”</p><i><b>Apparently,
high-tech thinking has permeated the minds of (urban) environmentalists
to such an extent that they view biomass as an inherently troublesome
energy source – similar to fossil fuels. To be clear, critics are right
to call out unsustainable practices in biomass production. However,
these are the consequences of a relatively recent, “industrial” approach
to forestry. When we look at historical forest management practices, it
becomes clear that biomass is potentially one of the most sustainable
energy sources on this planet.</b></i></div><div class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105yqt0763638887" id="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105yqtfd91032"><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div><div class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105yqt0763638887" id="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105yqtfd08225"><div><br></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105ydp79ee5750signature"><br clear="none"></div></div></div><div class="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105yqt0763638887" id="ydp5ac34854yiv0235302255ydpd7c84f2ayiv6194268105yqtfd06116">
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