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Negative Emissions: The chronic complexity of carbon capture

4 pointsby vincvincover 5 years ago

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NeedMoreTeaover 5 years ago
There&#x27;s something deeply ironic (and more than a little broken) about Drax pushing into CCS. The biomass mentioned in the article, that they burn in huge quantity travels a fair way to be burnt in the UK&#x27;s largest emitter. Drax <i>currently,</i> with two of the six 660MW turbines still reserved for coal, burns more wood pellets in a year - 13m tonnes in 2016, when only 3 turbines were biomass - than the UK produces wood. Though they now want to convert the last two to gas, not biomass.<p>So where does this &quot;renewable&quot; source of biomess (sic) come from? Why two thirds of it comes from Enviva, who clearcut mature US wetland natural forests - not from managed forestry.<p>Drax&#x27;s renewable claims are 99% empty greenwashing, and they remain part of the climate problem. Drax the Destroyer would be very fitting as their logo.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theecologist.org&#x2F;2017&#x2F;apr&#x2F;10&#x2F;no-drax-theres-nothing-sustainable-about-big-biomass" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theecologist.org&#x2F;2017&#x2F;apr&#x2F;10&#x2F;no-drax-theres-nothing-...</a>