"WHEN THOMAS EDISON established his Pearl Street power plant in New York City in 1892, he used coal for fuel, not wood.Wood fuel could not compete with the cost of coal in 1892 and it still can’t today.
Nevertheless, burning of biomass is widely regarded as sustainable and promoted as a solution for climate change, especially in Europe.
...Since 2000, Europe’s biomass consumption for energy production is up 84 percent.
For example, biomass fuel produced 18 percent of Denmark’s electricity in 2017.
For the last two decades, Denmark has been reducing coal-fired power-plant output, but adding biomass-powered plants.
...But the use of biomass fuel for electricity in Denmark increased by a factor of five, almost exactly replacing the decline in coal output.
About three-quarters of the biomass consumed by Denmark is wood, with most of it imported.
But the “sustainability” of biomass is questionable, despite the childish notion that if you grow it, it must be sustainable.
Burning wood emits more carbon dioxide than burning coal..."
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