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I live in Denmark, and I am so frustrated that my country has invested so heavily in biomass plants for heating and electricity. We are supposed to be one of th
by ulrikrasmussen 5y ago
I live in Denmark, and I am so frustrated that my country has invested so heavily in biomass plants for heating and electricity. We are supposed to be one of the countries that lead the way and demonstrate how the rest of the world can de-carbonize, but even if biomass was truly carbon-neutral (and I doubt that it is, at least in the short term of the next 50-100 years) it does not scale to the rest of the world, because we would need to have planted the forests for that a long time ago.
I live in an area that is planned to get central heating from a biomass plant, but I have chosen to invest in a heat pump instead. Yes, this will in part be driven by electricity from biomass, but hopefully our energy mix will become more sustainable in the near future, and at least I won't be locked into 100% biomass for the next 30 years.
- uuidgen 5y agoBiomass takes 5-10 years to grow. Given that it can be used in many coal furnaces it is imo the best "now" solution.