07-24-2018, 12:42 PM
"Because they're feedstock for "green power". "
Burning trees to produce power is carbon neutral because the CO2 released by burning the trees is equal to the CO2 scrubbed by the tree from the atmosphere while it was growing. As opposed to burning coal that releases CO2 from fossilized biomass that scrubbed a greater amount of CO2 from an ancient atmosphere when it was growing. In order for an energy source to be "green" it needs to have been carbon neutral while humans have been alive to observe it.
I am curious, they ship a lot of these eucalyptus trees from Hamakua to Asia. What are they doing with them?
Burning trees to produce power is carbon neutral because the CO2 released by burning the trees is equal to the CO2 scrubbed by the tree from the atmosphere while it was growing. As opposed to burning coal that releases CO2 from fossilized biomass that scrubbed a greater amount of CO2 from an ancient atmosphere when it was growing. In order for an energy source to be "green" it needs to have been carbon neutral while humans have been alive to observe it.
I am curious, they ship a lot of these eucalyptus trees from Hamakua to Asia. What are they doing with them?