"Energy from burning biomass is incentivised and subsidised by the EU members under the Renewable Energy Directive II. As a result, biomass has become the main source of “renewable” energy in the EU with a share of almost 60 %. Not solar or off-shore wind power as one would imagine, given the importance of both healthy ecosystems and immediate emission cuts, clearly and repeatedly stated by the IPCC"
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@kravietz Fossil fuels lobbing in action, allows them to hold on to at least part of the process they have set up.