Biomass Illusion: The Ecological Deception of Wood Energy

Pellets, Deforestation, and the False Promise of the Modern Green Energy Transition

von William Alexander

116 Seiten, Taschenbuch, ab 1 Jahre

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In the desperate global rush to abandon coal and achieve absolute carbon neutrality, international governments and massive energy conglomerates have heavily subsidized what is marketed as the ultimate renewable resource: biomass. The public is sold a comforting narrative of utilizing waste wood to generate clean, sustainable power. In reality, this highly celebrated green solution is driving one of the most aggressive, devastating deforestation campaigns in modern history. This investigation exposes the massive corporate greenwashing of the global biomass industry. To meet the insatiable, heavily subsidized demand for wood pellets, entire ancient, ecologically critical forests are being ruthlessly clear-cut, mechanically compressed, and shipped across oceans to be burned in industrial furnaces. Because international climate accounting loopholes legally classify this combustion as "carbon neutral," power plants are successfully hiding a massive spike in real-world atmospheric emissions. Dismantle the deeply flawed mathematics of modern environmental policy. Understand the brutal economics of the global timber supply chain, and learn how the multi-billion-dollar bioenergy sector is actively accelerating the climate crisis while simultaneously bankrupting international sustainability budgets.

• Themen: Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Finanzen, Betriebswirtschaft und Management Betriebswirtschaft und Management
• ISBN: 9783565418725
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.04.2026
• Größe: 29.7 x 21 cm
• Verlag: epubli
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 1 Jahre