Biomass sinking under its own weight

The main way in which the world employs trees to fight climate change is by cutting them down and burning them. Across much of Europe, countries and utilities are meeting their carbon reduction targets by importing wood pellets from the southeastern United State and burning them in place of coal. ¹ Climate activists, including the media, have long insisted that burning trees was good for the climate and environment because the emitted CO2 would simply be recycled back into nature--'follow the science' they insisted again and again. But they failed to understand that trees, depending on their age, acted as sinks and that some 100 years of stored carbon would be unloaded into the atmosphere in just a matter of hours if burned for heat.