I wanted to follow up with my last episode with Professor Orlando Rojas of the BioProducts Institute at UBC. Although his work is cutting edge and sincerely driven by the desire to switch off of fossil fuels for the sake of our planet, I was a little concerned about the potential pressure this will add to BC's forests.

So I did a little research and grabbed a few stats off of some government websites. Then I asked for some commentary by a respected conservationist, Ross Reid. and got his take on using our forests for the manufacture of biofuel to be shipped to European and Asian markets for energy.

I think this 20 minute episode will bring a lot of thinking to a science teacher's classroom to consider, debate and research further. When it comes to energy and the economy, there are no easy answers. But I am grateful for people like Professor Rojas and Ross Reid for their thoughtful discussion and urging to move us away from a dependency on fossil fuels.

BioProducts Institute: https://bpi.ubc.ca
Nerdy About Nature with Ross Reid: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLba3-S08_eD3vTCrPPbeGA
BC Ministry of Forests: https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/
Professor Andrew Friedland: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/dc-wns061113.php
Ed Hawkins: http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~ed/home/index.php
The Narwhal: https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-pacific-bioenergy-old-growth-logging-wood-pellets/
Global News Report: https://globalnews.ca/video/7402923/environmentalists-cry-foul-over-logging-for-biofuel-company