Call it biomass. Call it an “alternative energy source.” Think of trees as a “renewable resource” and their life cycle from seedling to log as “sustainable.” Presto. The world’s oldest energy-producing technology — burning wood — sounds new again.
And it’s catching on: Across the nation, plants are being built to burn wood to make electricity. Terry McAuliffe thinks that a “biomass wood-burning facility” would be a good use for the paper mill in Franklin, and he and a partner have put in a bid to buy it. (If McAuliffe’s name sounds familiar, it’s because he was a contender in Virginia Democrats‘ 2009 gubernatorial primary and is a longtime player in Democratic politics on the national scene.)
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