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Robbo Holleran 
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Re: “In a Warming World, New Thinking Imperils Vermont's Wood-Fueled Energy Market”

The experts are divided: directly down a line of opposing worldviews. Are forests just a natural thing that should be left natural, or can they be maintained, even enhanced by some sort of active management? Since wood is the very best raw material on environmental grounds, a true environmentalist should advocate for more use of wood, not less. Most experts agree that "forests"- either managed or left alone, are the best use of land for carbon management/sequestration. And since most of Vermont's forests are privately owned, they need to provide some return to the owners to ensure their status as "forests" and not be converted to other use. What the article avoids, is that biomass is the by-product of this management, and without a biomass market, these tree-tops and cull trees are merely left to rot with no energy benefit. So, the 25% efficiency of electric generation is still a carbon benefit. Forests are much more than a carbon-storage site, and most are managed for a rage of benefits: wood products, wildlife habitat, recreation, etc. A range of species, age classes and structures does this best, and markets for the full range of forest products is best.

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Posted by Robbo Holleran on 10/15/2019 at 5:28 PM

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