The absurdity of Europe burning wood for energy
Thing is, it‘s true in essence, but talking about this stuff without numbers is completely pointless. It is written in a sensationalist way.<p>1. Subsidies for wood pellets were a thing but are phased out in Germany.<p>2. The awareness of some stupid calculations of burning wood come up quite frequently in the German media (the Twitter thread is like 2-3 years late).<p>3. There are no numbers in the thread about the carbon emitted in the process of producing and shipping wood pellets.<p>4. Not all wood burned in Germany is wood from the US.<p>5. Not all stoves in Germany are utterly bad. The tech advanced in recent years.<p>6. The comparison with coal is kinda dumb, because we had different goals a hundred years ago.<p>- I personally think burning wood in housing areas should be banned entirely for health reasons.<p>- I think the general gist of the thread is true: burning wood is at least partially some kind of green washing scheme.<p>- But the reality is more complex than this thread claims.