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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Serious Concerns Raised Over the Burning of Trees for Biomass Power Generation Plants & Passing it Off as "Green"
This IPS article is rather disturbing and, one needs to carefully consider the short and long-term consequences of using natural resources as biomass to produce power before passing it off as 'sustainable' or 'green'. The same applies to using food crops for production of biofuels.
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