Editor:
Regarding Rex Bohn and the RCRC, GSNR’s fairytale that this idea is good for the environment is laughable (NCJ Daily, Oct. 31). Follow the money and the only winners here are Drax, RCRC and GSNR. A 100-mile radius of forest will be in the hands of the principles that are creating this fiasco. They want to do the forest a favor by eliminating forest debris, slashing cuttings and downed trees. Sounds good, right? What underfunded federal, state or county government is going to monitor this corporate activity? None and let’s admit this is a problem that won’t keep them from clearing more than they promise.
As a final note, I find Rex Bohn comments, “We’re kind of forgetting what got us into the forest, and that’s the fires” and “we’re getting to a place where they wouldn’t send helicopters and fire trucks to battle a wild fire because of emissions.” Huh! The fuel used to do this project here and the fuel used to transport the pellets to another country to burn is good for making corporate money, but don’t go green on this fairytale, that’s not conceivable.
Dennis Sala, McKinleyville
This article appears in ‘Powerful’.