abc.net.au/news/ravaged-crops-could-be-harnessed-for-power-in-european-model/101689524As many farmers across the east coast are faced with damaged crops this harvest, there are growing calls for Australia to embrace technology that would repurpose agricultural waste to generate energy.Crops that were destroyed by storms could be used for energy if international technology is built
In European countries, such as Denmark, damaged crops and straw left over from grain and oilseed harvest are purchased from farmers by energy companies and burnt to create heat and power. "This is big technology and the development of industry that is able to utilise storm-damaged or flooded crops, like we have this year," Mr Lang said.
"[Selling] biomass can provide that backstop of income for farmers and a diversity in their income stream so when these sorts of tragedies strike at least there's something for them to take away." "That's the estimated volume of biomass, post-harvest, that would have been there ready for the taking [before crops were destroyed]."Denmark began embracing bioenergy in 1993, when legislation was passed that power companies had to use 1 million tonnes of straw a year and increased in 2002 when many EU countries banned burning stubble.
Go have your silly wet dreams in a private place
It is amazing that by adding the prefix 'Bio' that this makes burning things for power green or turning it into ethanol that will be used in ICE vehicles is ok. It is a great idea and should be utilised, but it is not without consequence.
The world needs food