I’ve been watching the news long enough to see James Delingpole mock the idea as long ago as 2007 in the Daily Mail, and later also in The Spectator around 2017.
I am talking of course about the choice of fuel used by Drax Power Plant, touted as an “eco power plant” when they swapped from coal to wood chips to “save the planet”.
It would appear their choice turned out to be even worse than “climate sceptics” (aka “climate realists”) warned it would be…………
Drax’s renewable energy plant is UK’s biggest CO2 emitter, analysis claims https://t.co/8DIsKeubpQ
— Watts Up With That (@wattsupwiththat) October 9, 2021
Too funny: UK’s biggest source of greenhouse gas? This ‘eco’ power station! Drax in Yorkshire burns wood pellets that are treated as a ‘renewable’ fuel but emit more carbon dioxide than coal, research shows https://t.co/vWZgiacn8E via @MailOnline
— Climate Realists (@ClimateRealists) October 9, 2021
With both the Daily Mail and Climate website Watts Up With That? having articles on the issue.
