From:                                         Paul L <lauenstein@comcast.net>

Sent:                                           Friday, June 14, 2019 5:05 PM

To:                                               RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                     no biomass subsidies!

 

To: doer.rps@mass.gov

 

Re: biomass subsidies

 

The IPCC report of 2018 said we have only 12 more years in which to drastically reduce our emissions to keep global warming under 1.5ºC and avoid the worst consequences of global warming. We have already used up almost one of those years.

 

We must clean up our energy mix, and FAST! The last thing we should be doing is subsidizing biomass power plants that spew GHG emissions at a rate comparable to coal, while driving the destruction of our carbon-sequestering forests.

 

At a bare minimum, power plants that emit greenhouse gases should not be subsidized. Every power plant should be required to pay the cost of removing and sequestering at least as much carbon from the atmosphere as it emits. That would greatly accelerate the transition to clean energy sources. 

 

Paul Lauenstein

4 Gavins Pond Road

Sharon, MA 02067

781-784-2986