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Originally Posted by opendoor
Again though, it depends on where the trees are sourced from. If they're logging a forest solely for pellets, then yes that's terrible for the environment. But if they're taking already logged trees with no commercial value from a clearcut that would otherwise just rot and release the carbon anyway? That's quite different. If the carbon is going to be released either way, we might as well get some energy out of it.
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From the sounds of it, that's how they market it, but the reality appears to be different. Demand for waste wood looks to be greater than supply, so they are using more and more wood that isn't really waste.