Reply #39: You're barking at the wrong bird...

[kristopher]

I tend to fall more on your side, but at the same time I want all of our waste streams harnessed when appropriate. The issue is really one of management, not technology. Waste wood products should be utilized, but we shouldn't cut down our forests for fuel. Desiring to absolutely ban biomass burning is not a tenable position since it makes great sense when done properly. Gearing it as "an industry" to burn biomass as a major component of our energy solution is also an untenable position since it would require more fuel than can be sustainably produced.

When biomass and biofuels are talked about as being able to meet our heavy hauling needs, the emphasis isn't on technologies such as that in the OP, rather it is focused on things like algae farming and bioengineering - things that are still in the laboratory or the field testing phase.