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And it looks like people are finally paying attention. Massachusetts, in particular, has been one of the more aggressive states in harnessing renewable power, and it relies fairly heavily on biomass. So it's pretty noteworthy that, this week, the state's energy/environmental secretary, Ian Bowles, ordered a new round of regulations that would force the state to take a closer look at whether the carbon benefits from burning wood for fuel outweigh the benefits of leaving those trees/plants in place. It seems like an arcane rule change, but seeing as how biomass is expected to play such a outsized role in a cleaner-energy world (at least for the next two decades), this sort of scrutiny is going to be hugely important.Office 2007 makes life great!
More: And if you want to see how bad things can get, check out this new report from the Environmental Working Group. Thanks to the widespread assumption that any old method of burning trees and biomass is "carbon neutral," EWG warns, various renewable-power standards could lead to the clear-cutting of between 18 million and 30 million acres of forest by 2025. And, yes, that would kick up a lot of extra carbon into the air.Office 2007 download is on sale now!
And it looks like people are finally paying attention. Massachusetts, in particular, has been one of the more aggressive states in harnessing renewable power, and it relies fairly heavily on biomass. So it's pretty noteworthy that, this week, the state's energy/environmental secretary, Ian Bowles, ordered a new round of regulations that would force the state to take a closer look at whether the carbon benefits from burning wood for fuel outweigh the benefits of leaving those trees/plants in place. It seems like an arcane rule change, but seeing as how biomass is expected to play such a outsized role in a cleaner-energy world (at least for the next two decades), this sort of scrutiny is going to be hugely important.
More: And if you want to see how bad things can get, check out this new report from the Environmental Working Group. Thanks to the widespread assumption that any old method of burning trees and biomass is "carbon neutral," EWG warns, various renewable-power standards could lead to the clear-cutting of between 18 million and 30 million acres of forest by 2025. And, yes, that would kick up a lot of extra carbon into the air.Office 2010 key is for you now!