Increasing the use/burning…

Increasing the use/burning of forest biomass for energy is deeply concerning to me. Burning wood is not clean energy!

There are laws in place that severely limit the burning of wood in populated areas, because of the poisonous nature of the resulting smoke. Many of us have experienced the horrible, painful results of living downwind of large forest fires. I repeat - burning wood is not clean energy - no matter how you finesse it, no matter how far you keep it away from highly populated areas. You will still be creating greenhouse gasses that affect everyone, eventually.

Also, if you increase the demand for the wood pellets necessary for this industry, that will inevitably result in whole trees being cut down to service this industry. That's not something we want to be doing right now! In case you missed it, there is a climate crisis happening world-wide, and any country that burns much of anything is subject to international censure. And rightly so!

If you can't do the right thing because it's the right thing, spare a thought for Canada's reputation on the International stage. We've taken some big hits recently for things that happened in the past. Let's not create new disasters!