Sure a poll reveals most of the public is convinced that Hoover II is a socialist but that's an easy sell to low information gullibles.
This is from a reported email of a town council member regarding a proposed waste wood power plant:
Some of us are in a hurry to get the last smokestack out of downtown Berlin.
I am not so concerned about that right now. My biggest concern at the moment
is the power producers reluctance to define how they intend to gather wood
stocks. I am not excited about clear cutting which seems to be the method of
choice.
Here is a link to my NH Public Radio interview.
Top that FoxNews. I double dog dare you to try.
Disclaimer: I have not listened to the NPR link above included only for completeness. The noise about converting a former coal burning plant is deafening. I talked to one lady in the town who thought seeing emissions from the resuscitated plant from her kitchen window would be glorious while other residents seem to think letting the plant operate would be worse for the health of residents than letting loose a herd of leprosy-infected armadillos downtown. For sure, some Sierra Club members do not think burning coal is much better than burning waste wood. There are always sane people in any asylum.
The plain fact is no lunatics with chain saws are going to cut down forests for firewood. In some cases thinning and removal of tinder will actually save forests but the primary source of fuel is waste wood destined otherwise for open burning or landfills:
Cover: Unnaturally dense forests like this one in central
Oregon’s Deschutes National Forest are prone to insect
infestations, disease and severe wildfire. This forest would
have been a prime candidate for thinning for both forest
health and as a source for woody biomass. Instead, it was
consumed in a wildfire.
Thank God for Steven Chu:
Feds give Ore. $3 million for biomass projects
SALEM, Ore. - Three biomass energy projects under construction in Oregon have received a total of $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Gov. Ted Kulongoski said Thursday the federal grants will help expand Oregon's renewable energy production and create jobs in local communities.
Apparently Steven Chu is interested in spending and jobs as opposed to cutting deficits, not to mention co-opting the new way of filling the oceans with petroleum and methane to supply energy independence.
Best, Terry