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| # Biomass boilers | This topic is part of [[gt:power|Power & heating]]. |
| | ====== Biomass boilers ====== |
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| > "Burning biomass from sustainably managed woodland is a viable alternative to the release and accumulation of fossil fuel carbon in the atmosphere, and is a key weapon in the fight against global warming. The attempt to argue otherwise is scientific sophistry, and, to borrow a phrase, a dangerous bioenergy delusion." - [Simon Fairlie](https://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/dangerous-bioenergy-delusion) | > "Burning biomass from sustainably managed woodland is a viable alternative to the release and accumulation of fossil fuel carbon in the atmosphere, and is a key weapon in the fight against global warming. The attempt to argue otherwise is scientific sophistry, and, to borrow a phrase, a dangerous bioenergy delusion." — Simon Fairlie |
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| ## Further resources | |
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| ## Specialists | ===== Forum ===== |
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| | This topic belongs to the section [[gt:power|Power & heating]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/power). |
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| | ===== Further resources ===== |
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| | - [Forest Research](https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/fthr/biomass-energy-resources/) - biomass energy resources |
| | - [Union of Concerned Scientists](https://www.ucs.org/resources/how-biopower-works) - info on biopower |
| | - [Biofuel Watch](https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2020/resources-on-biomass/) - critique of large-scale biomass plants |
| | - [[https://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/dangerous-bioenergy-delusion|article by Simon Fairlie]] |
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| | ===== Related topics ===== |
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| | - [Wood stoves](wdst:wood_stoves) |
| | - [Rocket stoves & mass heaters](rock:rocket_stoves) |
| | - [Gasification](gasf:gasification) |
| | - [Masonry stoves / kachelofens](msry:masonry_stoves) |
| | - [Felling axes & crosscut saws](fell:felling) |
| | - [Plumbing](plum:plumbing) |
| | - [Tree/woodland management](wodl:woodland_management) |
| | - [Chainsaws](chsw:chainsaws) |
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| | ===== Specialist curators of this topic ===== |