How to Make Biomass Energy Sustainable Again

Created: 2021-01-16T16:49:09-06:00

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Coppicing: a means of harvesting wood which does not kill the tree; it grows new chutes which are later harvested.

Coppiced forests provide firewood on one to two year rotation cycles.

Regrowing particular limbs can use a mature root system and so is faster than growing an entirely new trunk.

Use of resources prior to fossil fuels required working within the constraints of human manual activity; this put a harsh punishment on inefficiency and made it difficult for lasting damage to be done.

Automated tree chopping vehicles allow foresting at a rate which is not sustainable.