Wood is allowed, but the Peoples Republic of Taxachusetts outlawed burning Trash and converting that to energy in places called incinerators. We kind of have one here in the city that could be converted. Mike Dukakis ordered it shut down as I recall.
This state is screwed up. Too many wacky Liberals in government.
jhonybfallriver - 15 years ago
Burning wood for power?? That is a flat waste of cash who in there right mind in MA would come up with this idea? The key is to use less and make what you use without damaging the eco, come on burning wood is like burning coal it is 1950's thinking, no matter how clean a coal plant gets you are still mining it, no matter how efficent you make wood burning the scale of wood needed would kill the eco. What else is ma wasting cash on? Blue Steam generators? Cordless extention cords?
Smitty - 15 years ago
The forests that we have here now are needed to clean and reoxygenate the air. Start cutting them down, and we're going to be in real trouble. Burning wood is not the answer--at least not for Massachusetts.
Too bad the treehuggers don't want to go nuclear either--and will block any attempt to use it. BTW--the French learned it from us--and they're not afraid of it, which is why they're using it successfully.
Interesting to see that there has only been two widely publicized incidents of nuclear accidents--Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. One was much worse. But at Three Mile Island, the protective measures worked the way they were supposed to.
Like Scott--I wouldn't mind one in my backyard.
Scott02721 - 15 years ago
Learn from the French. Go Nuke. By the way, they reclaim their used nuclear material and reconstitute it. Our Government requires it to be burried in the ground in Utah instead. Get our government out of the way and we will suceed.
Yes, I want one in my back yard.
Re Elect No One.
muffy burnham - 15 years ago
The Herald has the wrong title on this poll. Wood is not an "alternative fuel" for power generation.
They've been using it for decades to generate electricity in Maine and other states with large industruial forests.
Massachusetts is an urban state without large working commercial forests. In Massachusetts saying you're going to use "wood" to generate electricity is just a "bait and switch." We have a gigantic solid waste problem ...that is really what they want to burn, but they know the public will be against it due to air quality and health concerns.
Wood is the "foot in the door." I can hear them already, "Oh look, we don't have enough wood to keep this new wood burning power plant running. Guess we'll have to switch to burning trash.
A filthy trash incinerator may be coming to your town ....soon.
Wood is allowed, but the Peoples Republic of Taxachusetts outlawed burning Trash and converting that to energy in places called incinerators. We kind of have one here in the city that could be converted. Mike Dukakis ordered it shut down as I recall.
This state is screwed up. Too many wacky Liberals in government.
Burning wood for power?? That is a flat waste of cash who in there right mind in MA would come up with this idea? The key is to use less and make what you use without damaging the eco, come on burning wood is like burning coal it is 1950's thinking, no matter how clean a coal plant gets you are still mining it, no matter how efficent you make wood burning the scale of wood needed would kill the eco. What else is ma wasting cash on? Blue Steam generators? Cordless extention cords?
The forests that we have here now are needed to clean and reoxygenate the air. Start cutting them down, and we're going to be in real trouble. Burning wood is not the answer--at least not for Massachusetts.
Too bad the treehuggers don't want to go nuclear either--and will block any attempt to use it. BTW--the French learned it from us--and they're not afraid of it, which is why they're using it successfully.
Interesting to see that there has only been two widely publicized incidents of nuclear accidents--Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. One was much worse. But at Three Mile Island, the protective measures worked the way they were supposed to.
Like Scott--I wouldn't mind one in my backyard.
Learn from the French. Go Nuke. By the way, they reclaim their used nuclear material and reconstitute it. Our Government requires it to be burried in the ground in Utah instead. Get our government out of the way and we will suceed.
Yes, I want one in my back yard.
Re Elect No One.
The Herald has the wrong title on this poll. Wood is not an "alternative fuel" for power generation.
They've been using it for decades to generate electricity in Maine and other states with large industruial forests.
Massachusetts is an urban state without large working commercial forests. In Massachusetts saying you're going to use "wood" to generate electricity is just a "bait and switch." We have a gigantic solid waste problem ...that is really what they want to burn, but they know the public will be against it due to air quality and health concerns.
Wood is the "foot in the door." I can hear them already, "Oh look, we don't have enough wood to keep this new wood burning power plant running. Guess we'll have to switch to burning trash.
A filthy trash incinerator may be coming to your town ....soon.