Killing The Rainforest To Fuel Green Energy Is Okay, I Guess

How freaking ridiculous is all of this "green" energy, kumbaya, Al Gore worshiping nonsense getting?

This ridiculous.

A series of biomass-fired plants are being built in the UK that will trigger a 150 per cent surge in timber imports from 20 million tonnes today to 50 million tonnes by 2015, according to the Forestry Commission.
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But the plant, which is due to open in 2012, will generate only 300 megawatt hours of electricity, or about 0.4 per cent of the UK's current power-generating capacity. At least four more 300-megawatt plants are planned, including three in Yorkshire that have been proposed by Drax, operator of Britain’s largest coal-fired power station.

It all sounds so silly as to give one a good laugh at the bad joke that all of this environmental Ponzi scheme nonsense has become, except average people are the ones left to pay the price tag while those who are the biggest advocates of such things continue to reap in the profits.

Oh wait, the silliness gets worse and goes beyond simply having to import massive amounts of wood to power their little power plant, which if you were cutting down the wood to make room for say a shopping center, you would face the full wrath of the green community.

Nevertheless, environmental campaigners have raised concerns about the carbon emissions involved in shipping the wood such large distances, while to meet UK pest control laws the timber will need to be baked before it can be shipped to the UK.

Wood industry officials have warned that British families could face soaring prices for a range of wood-based products, including furniture, wood panels and even wallpaper because of its impact on low-grade timber and wood pulp prices.

“It’s going to push timber prices through the roof,” said Gavin Adkins, chairman of the Wood Panel Industry Federation. He is concerned that large parts of the £1 billion industry that rely on wood as its main raw material will be forced offshore.

It wasn't that long ago that California had put people with fireplaces firmly in the crosshairs, telling the rest of the world that those who burn wood are the equivalent of the Al Capones of environmental thieves. So I guess if it is going to be used in some sort of kumbaya "green" project well then it is okay.

The whole article delves into the carbon footprint of harvesting and shipping the wood versus the power generated, but the bottom line is the British consumers wind up paying for it, probably in increased energy bills in addition to the price of wood products.

And in Australia, where they have begun their grand "cap and trade" program, they are now getting the effects of that wonderful program along with probably lining Al Gore's pocket.

THE first bills revealing a nasty 22 per cent hike in electricity prices have sparked a surge in complaints from pensioners and struggling families.

You know, in the real world there is a thing known as best practices, which basically means figure out what it is that makes whoever is number one, number one and then copy it while jettisoning those things that are dragging you down. So far our Congress seems to be looking more at the last place team instead of the first place team.