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Burning wood is not ‘renewable energy,’ so why do policymakers pretend it is? (news.mongabay.com)

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Depending on the wheres and hows, growing wood as fuel can degrade the ecosystem and make it more difficult to continue to grow it there, but that's more a question of "sustainability" of a particular practice than the renewability of the resource itself.

You also need to rotate crops or you slowly reduce yield to nothing over time. Is farm-grown food not renewable? 🤪

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some have made this argument. Certainly agriculture as its currently practiced depletes the earth’s productive capacity. Does that make it not renewable? Depends on how you define this word.

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

No. The answer is "no, it is absolutely renewable."