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GUEST: Hansen's Proposal to Replace Coal with Wood Is Ecologically Misguided
Posted on October 03, 2008
Amongst scientists, James Hansen [search] has long been one of the clearest voices for strong action against climate change including ending the use of coal [ark search]. Yet now he advocates replacing coal with wood from vast tree plantations [ark moreark], burning the wood and capturing and sequestering the carbon dioxide. It is saddening that such an ecologically short-sighted proposal comes from the man who rightly warns that we are already 'beyond safe levels' of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. It is understandable that he and other scientists are looking at ways of r...
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