… in our
desperation to continue the roller-coaster ride of clearcut forestry,
we’ve begun chopping down the scraps and torching them for electricity, a
process known commonly as biomass.
desperation to continue the roller-coaster ride of clearcut forestry,
we’ve begun chopping down the scraps and torching them for electricity, a
process known commonly as biomass.
There’s a long standing and
poisonous idea that forests have no value outside the industrial
theatre, that their ecosystem services can be replaced by a Brita filter
or air freshener, and that indulging an industry of old ideas justifies
the levelling of what little wilderness we still possess. In this day
and age, when we are painfully aware of the importance of standing
forests, I expected better.