If biomass energy production were fully implemented, it would become the single largest human impact to land in the country, requiring the near full utilization of all the U.S. forests and much of its agricultural lands for fuel production, contributing to what one TNC scientist has termed “energy sprawl.”
Biomass Energy Juggernaut Threatens Human and Forest Health.
George Wuerthner – New West
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This looks like a great article. I hope to get time to read it in more detail soon. In Washington State in the rural areas the local politicians believe this will replace timber jobs. It will be a huge mess and not green or sustainable at all. I plan to do more research on it so I can help people understand it.