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Originally Posted by Azure
Canada has a massive wood waste industry that doesn't involve 'burning' it for fuel.
Simple economics would dictate that we should perhaps support that industry and not send our 'waste' overseas to make wood pallets which has to be incredibly carbon intensive.
But I guess that wouldn't qualify as a 'common sense' approach.
Locally sourced firewood is not comparable to cutting down forests and shipping them overseas for fuel sources. If the UK wants to burn wood pallets, they should grow their own.
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Right, but opendoor was discussing what is LIKELY happening by using 'simple economics', and you are arguing what SHOULD happen. Those are two different things, and there can be 'common sense' approaches in both situations.
Your line of thinking suggests that a government should step in and regulate the industry to some respect. That's fine.
I guess my question is: What percentage of global carbon emissions are from burning not-so-ethically sourced wood pellets from Canada? It's likely so small that we shouldn't do anything about this problem, because it doesn't have a big enough impact on the total output. Wouldn't you agree?