Re: Campbell pushes industrial legacy (B.C. Views, Nov. 10)

Tom Fletcher, whose column I almost never read as it comes from the opposite side of the fence, is optimistic about solving some of B.C.'s electrical needs using what he calls waste wood from forestry.

The idea of waste wood producing electricity seems totally ignorant of the role decaying vegetation plays in supporting new and old plant growth. Decaying vegetation contains the right nutrients in the correct proportion in forests that plants need.

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