Sorry Son. Never seen "Ancient Forest" anywhere in Europe. Exactly everything was burned and destroyed in WII.<p>I have seen remains of an Ancient Forest however. I remember some 3 meter wide tree stumps in 1950s. They were things of wonder, because you could see such giant trees only in american movies.
Welcome to the consequences of the hubris of thinking you were too good for Nuclear and allowing 13 year old girls to outweigh experts on energy policy.<p>Hope you enjoyed your forests while they lasted, that as few people as possible have to die this winter, and that you can maintain a good supply of coal and wood to burn in the mean time
It seems remarkably hard to get clear information on this.<p>People using vague terms like 'biomass' doesn't help. Food waste vs old growth forest are two very different thingns.<p>I kind of thought the proposed changes (don't cut down trees just for pellets, but it's okay to make pellets from the bits left over after making some planks of wood) had already passed. Have they just been talking about this since 2018? I couldn't find what they'd changed at that point (which apparently was the last vote).<p>There's also a parallel problem of old growth forests being cut down to be turned into planks or IKEA furniture. Which I think is already supposed to not be happening, but some companies might be cheating the rules. So better enforcement by government/corporate buyers seems worthwile even if this vote passes the amendments.
> Europe Is Sacrificing Its Ancient Forests for Energy<p>This is like "fighting for peace is like ..."
They are not sacrificing anything. It is just good old business and corruption.
You dont want to chop a tree in winter... it takes some time to prep and dry wood for heat generation.<p>Wet and living wood is next to useless in the moment