Justin Catanoso is no stranger to wood pellet plants, as he lives near four of them in the U.S. state of North Carolina, where biomass giant Enviva has several facilities. While that company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this year, it remains the single largest producer of wood pellets globally. This firm is one of […]
  • Ledivin@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Depending on the wheres and hows, growing wood as fuel can degrade the ecosystem and make it more difficult to continue to grow it there, but that’s more a question of “sustainability” of a particular practice than the renewability of the resource itself.

    You also need to rotate crops or you slowly reduce yield to nothing over time. Is farm-grown food not renewable? 🤪

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netM
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      5 days ago

      Some have made this argument. Certainly agriculture as its currently practiced depletes the earth’s productive capacity. Does that make it not renewable? Depends on how you define this word.