Tag: Balsaholz
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Wind Power and Rainforest: The Overlooked Truth About Balsa Wood in the Amazon
The green narrative sounds so clean. Wind turbines save the climate. Renewable energy is sustainable. The energy transition is morally superior. But deep in the Amazon rainforest, this story looks different. There, hundreds of thousands of balsa trees are cut down every year—and a significant portion of it illegally. Not for furniture. Not for toys. But for wind turbines. A reality that hardly anyone Read more