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		DoctorOetker on May 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Britain passes one week without coal power for fir... there is still fossil fuel consumption for the chainsaws, transportation and so on...

DFHippie on May 8, 2019 [–]

I think it's safe to say it's several orders of magnitude less energy than provided by the trees chopped down, chipped or pelletized, and transported, though.

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