Here's A Surprise!

[New Judge]

I agree with the "Green" campaigners:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/uk-s-biggest-carbon-emitter-drax-greenwashing-wood-fired-power-at-cop26-campaigners-say/ar-AAQBvZC?ocid=msedgntp

But not quite for the "right" reasons. It's a disgrace that the power developed at Drax is "Green" and does not contribute to the UK's carbon emissions total. Don't get me wrong, I don't care what they burn at Drax (though I'd prefer they burned coal) but isn't it a scandal that the plant sucks in £2m a day in subsidies for what is a highly polluting operation?

[Sven666]

What Drax is doing is the very embodiment of Green stupidity. Drax is sat on coal deposits that could power the station for 100 years plus. Given the advancements in 'clean' coal burning*, it's simply ludicrous that instead of using ancient stores of energy, they're importing existing timber from North American forests, transporting it via fossil fuel powered locomotives to ports where it's transferred to fossil fuel powered ships and transported across the Atlantic. Then unloaded onto other fossil fuel powered trains and finally delivered to Drax where it's burnt to create steam that drive turbines to create electricity. And apparently, this process is 'green'.

I sometimes wonder why it's acceptable to the 'Greens' to burn existing timber forests but unacceptable to burn ancient, decomposed, compressed, buried timber forests...

* I know that burning coal is not without its environmental problems; but its benefits (reliable, dependable, 24/7 energy) outweigh its downsides until viable alternatives can be found.

[ToraToraTora]

good this is the sort of thing these activists should be targetting.

[youngmafbog]

The whole 'green' con needs looking at just like the Covid spending.

I wold like to see where the money is going and particularly if any of it is being trousered by MP's(of all colours), Lords, Senior civil servants and family and friends of them.

Follow the money.

[Deskdiary]

There’ll be a member along soon who shall remain nameless (but I’m sure you know to whom I am referring) who will tell us that the felling of mature trees is fine as they replace them with saplings.

[AZardoz]

Business as usual. Trees hundreds of years old are still being clear-cut.
https://www.policynote.ca/old-growth/
:
https://tinyurl.com/299cy85c

[Spicerack]

Steady on, Judge. They'll be calling you Swampy at this rate.

[Ryzen]

Farmers and others around the UK are being paid millions collectively to burn rubbish in the 'green' biomas installs... for many years to come.
Many can cover the cost of the £70k plus installs in 3/4 years.