Letter: Burning storm debris will release carbon, cause more storms

Georgia forestry advocates are pushing for more wood waste to become fuel for Georgia Power's electricity generation. They predict economic benefits for rural areas and a way to use fallen limbs and trees, including those downed by storms. Pecan farmers such as Trey Pippin in Albany faced piles of dead trees hit by Hurricane Michael.

04142019 GeorgiaTimber.jpg — Georgia forestry advocates are pushing for more wood waste to become fuel for Georgia Power's electricity generation. They predict economic benefits for rural areas and a way to use fallen limbs and trees, including those downed by storms. Pecan farmers such as Trey Pippin in Albany faced piles of dead trees hit by Hurricane Michael.

Regarding Sunday’s article, “Energy Solution: Wood Scraps?:” How in the world can anyone say “we’ve got mountains and mountains of biomass,” the result of storms, such as Hurricane Michael, which last year ravaged a million acres of timberland," so why don’t we burn it? Biomass releases more carbon when producing the same amount of energy as fossil fuels.

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