Episode 56 TH April 25, 2024. Japan, Canada & UK’s wood burning matrix worries about enough wood for burning.

In Episode 56 TH, 1a)Canada supply and Japan demand for wood pellets. Another explanation of the scientifically debunked theory of Carbon Neutrality of Wood Burning, this time from Drax, one of the largest wood burning plants in the world, 1b)Canada, British Columbia, and a Japanese Earthquake’s effects on British Columbia’s forest future. 2)Oregon, Bend and River West. Please clean debris to prevent human caused wildfire spread. 3)United States. Government Email and register for 4/26/2024 meeting about Earth Day. 4)World. Word Geniuses. 5)United States. One third of population exposed to harmful air pollution. 6)California, Palm Springs. (7 to 10)Colorado prescribed burns. 11)New Jersey, County grades on air quality. 12)Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island. RAWSEP disagrees with the view that keeping wood stoves as backup will help the community and allow air quality to improve. 13)Canada, British Columbia, Grande Prairie. Prescribed burn. 14)United Kingdom, Birmingham. Like cigarettes, wood smoke contains fine particles, dioxins, formaldehyde, mercury, arsenic and benzene. 15)India. The rich have higher carbon footprints. 16)Taiwan. Criticism of coal as a complement to green energy. 1a)Canada supply and Japan demand for wood pellets. Another explanation of the scientifically debunked theory of Carbon Neutrality of Wood Burning, this time from Drax, one of the largest wood burning plants in the world, From the article below: The Drax factor. The company operates a massive thermal electricity plant in North Yorkshire, England, that burns approximately 6.5 million tonnes of wood pellets annually and, because of all that wood-burning, generates more than 12 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, making Drax’s power plant the single largest point source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kingdom. Both the company and the U.K. government that heavily subsidizes Drax say, however, that those emissions don’t count because eventually all the CO2 released burning that wood is “offset” as newly planted trees sequester atmospheric carbon. It’s an assertion that is dismissed by numerous scientists who argue that burning wood actually generates more CO2 emissions than burning coal and that the emissions associated with burning wood are not quickly or effectively countered by planting more trees. Drax has also drawn critical coverage both at home and abroad for the impact that its operations have on forests in North America, including primary forests in Canada. RAWSEP View: the air pollution from Canada’s wildfires is addressed in the paragraph above taken from the article below. This article from Canada is specifically concerned about the ability of Canada to continue to supply wood pellets to Japan. RAWSEP is concerned that Japan is not turning to clean energy such as using the hydropower unused from its numerous hot springs, not to mention wind and solar power. 1b)Canada, British Columbia, and a Japanese Earthquake’s effects on British Columbia’s forest future. How a Japanese Earthquake Shook BC's Forest Future | The Tyee Excerpts edited by RAWSEP for brevity and clarity and relationship to Residents Against Wood Smoke Emission Particulates, a 501c3 nonprofit organization. More wildfires burning will likely result in reduced timber supply. BC Wildfire Service. At the Japanese city of Sendai, the new thermal electricity plant is one of several in Japan that burns biomass to generate electricity, in this case enough to supply 17,000 homes. Renova’s biomass comes in one of two forms: wood pellets made from felled trees, and palm kernel shells, the waste left over after processing palm oil. In Japan on March 11, 2011. one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded triggered a tsunami that devastated large swaths of Japan’s low-lying Pacific Coast, killing 20,000 people and destroying or badly dam