05-11-2019, 06:57 AM
"the court ruled “the PUC erred by failing to explicitly consider the reduction of (greenhouse gas emissions) in approving the amended power purchase agreement, as required by statute … .”"
Turning biomass into energy is carbon neutral. The carbon released by turning it into fuel was removed from the air during the plant's lifetime. One could argue that the cutting/trucking/etc part isn't carbon neutral, but if the exhaust at the electricity plant is treated, "scrubbed", to remove carbon, then turning biomass into energy is actually carbon negative. "If it's done right".
In essence, most forms of energy production is "carbon neutral", but in the case of fossil fuels we are mining the extracts of biomass that lived millions of years ago and time-traveling their carbon footprint into our present-day environment.
Turning biomass into energy is carbon neutral. The carbon released by turning it into fuel was removed from the air during the plant's lifetime. One could argue that the cutting/trucking/etc part isn't carbon neutral, but if the exhaust at the electricity plant is treated, "scrubbed", to remove carbon, then turning biomass into energy is actually carbon negative. "If it's done right".
In essence, most forms of energy production is "carbon neutral", but in the case of fossil fuels we are mining the extracts of biomass that lived millions of years ago and time-traveling their carbon footprint into our present-day environment.