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Re:Most clean power purchasing strategies do little to cut e... by wiredfool on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @05:56AM (#40221286)
In some countries, peat is considered biomass. It’s probably worse than coal in terms of per unit damage, but generally it’s burned in far lower quantities.
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Re:Most clean power purchasing strategies do little to cut e... by blueflow on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @06:15AM (#40221410)
Greenwashing. Peat is an early stage of coal.
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Re:Most clean power purchasing strategies do little to cut e... by wiredfool on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @04:03PM (#40228631)
Yeah, I've had these discussions with some scientists who are _really_ into peat, and got down a rabbit hole looking at the various EU states and how they deal with their peatlands from a policy point of view.
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