I feel that it's a very bad…

I feel that it's a very bad idea to push biomass as a means to replace fossil fuels. Per se, it cannot be considered as renewable energy as some mature trees are included in the mix and the burning of pellets is generating fumes worst than coal at the smokestack.

The Ontario government is also largely selling the forest biomass industry as a circular economy because of the claim that it only uses “mill by-products” aka, waste wood, to manufacture wood pellets. However, many Canadian provinces including Ontario are logging whole trees from primary forests to meet the growing demand for wood pellets.

The argument to expand the forest-biomass industry, particularly the wood pellet sector, to provide low-carbon jobs in replacement of fossil fuel jobs isn’t valid. Amidst an ever growing climate crisis, we simply can’t afford to keep chopping down forests to make a fuel that emits immense amounts of carbon dioxide. Moreover, it can take centuries for forests to regain the majority of their carbon storage after being logged.

Please discard this false good idea.