While fires rage Doug Ford announces program to burn more wood
The Doug Ford government has taken a climate threatening practice — burning wood to make energy — and made it a pillar of the “new green economy”
@alanrycroft well, #wood at least is technically fully #renewable...
Would you rather want more fossile and mineral energy plants? Hydroelectric Powerplants??
As hot as it is in Canada right now, I'm pretty shure Solar[thermal] power isn't working most of the year around...
@kkarhan @alanrycroft we cut our own firewood for wintertime heat; we only cut standing dead trees that would otherwise burn in the next forest fire. We also run grid-tied, net-metered solar. Haven’t paid for electricity since we installed it.
@OGjester @alanrycroft I wished I had the land necessary to follow that example...
@kkarhan @alanrycroft where I live, there is national forest land and other government-managed forested land; all one needs to do is go to the local government office and ask for a permit to collect firewood. The permit has been free since COVID.