Proponents of such plants claim that burning wood is a climate-friendly alternative to burning coal, oil or natural gas because any greenhouse gas emissions associated with burning wood are later offset by newly planted, carbon-storing trees. God I’m so fucking tired of these dumbass liberals. CARBON OFSETS ARE WORTHLESS SCAMS. All the calculations on how much we can emit to stay below 2° rely on existing carbon sinks remaining there. If you want to make offsets valid you have to consider every single source of carbon (animals, volcanos, etc.) and offset that too.