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Even in that baroque interpretation of sustainability it's surely unsustainable once you include the emissions produced by harvesting, packaging and transportin
by OgsyedIE 2y ago
Even in that baroque interpretation of sustainability it's surely unsustainable once you include the emissions produced by harvesting, packaging and transporting the fuel.
- Shrezzing 2y agoIt's less sustainable than renewables, but fills a practical requirement for peaker style powerplants (which fill sudden demand) without resorting to coal/oil/gas, which are considerably less sustainable. Drax already existed as a coal/gas facility, so transitioning it to a biomass-with-carbon-capture facility is a net benefit to the environment, even when considering the packaging and transportation of the wood, because those steps were required for its coal predecessor.