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We dont take whole trees. You do. And how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. Logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. Theres no other word for it. This is britains biggest Single Source of electricity. The Drax Power Station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but its switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uks drive to cut Carbon Emissions. And that means the company has received around £6 billion in green subsidies. Theres just one problem. Burning wood pellets actually gives out more Greenhouse Gases t...

we don't take whole trees. you do. and how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. there's no other word for it. this is britain's biggest single source of electricity. the drax power station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but it's switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uk's drive to cut carbon emissions. and that means the company has received around £6 billion in green subsidies. there's just one problem. burning wood pellets actually gives out more gr...

Whether that's right. let me show you some pictures i took at drax�*s nearest pellet plant to you. so i've come to show our evidence to a local furniture maker and campaigner. there's some big stuff in there, isn't there? you've got big douglas fir in there. i mean, there is true waste in that pile. let's not pretend that that's100% good wood, but there is a huge proportion of that pile that is usable quality saw logs. that's a nice aspen there. so a little bit of discolouration there, but that's all good wood all around there. i mean, yeah, this is... this is crazy that we're burning it. so...

Whether that's right. let me show you some pictures i took at drax's nearest pellet plant to you. so i've come to show our evidence to a local furniture maker and campaigner. there's some big stuff in there, isn't there? you've got big douglas fir in there. i mean, there is true waste in that pile. let's not pretend that that's100% good wood, but there is a huge proportion of that pile that is usable quality saw logs. that's a nice aspen there. so a little bit of discolouration there, but that's all good wood all around there. i mean, yeah, this is... this is crazy that we're burning it. so yo...