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Forest Biomass & Biofuels:
A Great Threat to the
Biosphere That Must Be
Stopped
Shannon Wilson
Ecosystem Advocates NW
Solution and Great Threat to
Forests Worldwide
UN Report estimates that 98% of Indonesian forests will be
destroyed by 2022 if current rate of investment in oil palm
plantations and bio-diesel factories continues.
Oil Palm Plantation for biodiesel
Ethanol creates higher formaldehyde
and ozone emissions degrading air
quality
•Genetically engineered microbes could create
catastrophic harm
•The Forest Service proposes 67 million acres
of forests are available to produce about 21
billion gallons of ethanol per year
•The wood to electricity incinerators are
approximately 20-25% efficient
Chevron and
Weyerhaeuser
Announce Joint
Biofuels Venture
•There is no such thing as cellulose
waste in any forest ecosystem.
What will be the impacts to butterfly
species endemic to the west?
What will be the impacts to more than 60,000
insect species in the Pacific Northwest?
What will be the impact on
more than 100 bird species?
What will be the negative affects of forest
biomass extraction on salamanders and
other amphibians?
What are the possible impacts to
fungi species?
Could biomass extraction jeopardize
a 100 Million dollar wild mushroom
industry?
Where will the species described earlier
live, reproduce, and forage when the
forests are reduced to this?
……….Or This?
Real Solutions via Biofuels
•Biofuels to farmers
for food production
and food
transportation only
•Utilization of waste
oils to power public
transportation and
waste collection
fleets within cities
Other Real Solutions: Public transit,
mandated carpooling, and woodstoves
Real Solutions: Beyond
Forests
• A Moratorium on new highway
construction
• Build New Rail transportation
infrastructure to replace essential
highways and freeways throughout the
US
• Retool industries that are destroying
the biosphere to manufacture
components for a new restoration
economy
• Re-localization of food production, as
well as the manufacturing of essential
goods and services to minimize
trucking
• A Moratorium on all new fossil and
uranium fueled power generating
facilities
Real Solutions to Save the
Biosphere
•A Moratorium on all new airports and airport
expansion
•Military and aerospace Industries will be
retooled to manufacture windmills, high
efficiency appliances and solar electric
technologies
•The Military budgets and personnel will be
directed to perform toxic site cleanup (here
and abroad), windmill and grid installation,
restoration on public lands, and basic energy
conservation upgrades to every livable shelter
Real Solutions Continued
•Mandate zero release of CFCs, HCFCs, &
HFCs immediately
•80% Reduction of man made CO2 & CH4
releases by 2020
•Mandate zero release of toxics and hormone
disrupters into the environment via any
manufacturing process or product
•Mandate all non-organic products sold will be
reusable or 100% recycled by manufacturer
•Mandate the end of grazing, logging, and
mining on public lands