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.1. Subsidies for wood pellets were a thing but are phased out in Germany.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).3. There are no numbers in the thread about the carbon emitted in the process of producing and shipping wood pellets.4. Not all wood burned in Germany is wood from the US.5. Not all stoves in Germany are utterly bad. The tech advanced in recent years.6. The comparison with coal is kinda dumb, because we had different goals a hundred years ago.- I personally think burning wood in housing areas should be banned entirely for health reasons.- I think the general gist of the thread is true: burning wood is at least partially some kind of green washing scheme.- But the reality is more complex than this thread claims.