Biomass, the main source of which is wood from forests, now accounts for almost 60% of renewable energy sources in the EU, and this is more than solar and wind combined. And this at a time when in Europe it is impossible to take a step without seeing some windmill or a solar panel, and any European news site constantly writes about the success of windmills and solar energy.

In Estonia, Natura 2000 lost more than 15,000 hectares of forest cover between 2001 and 2019, which is more than double the area of ​​Manhattan and has accounted for 80% of this loss in the last five years. But the government has no plans to stop and is engaged in further changes in the rules in other national parks in Estonia.

Almost all European countries have recorded an increase in the volume of logging for energy. Almost a quarter of the trees felled in the EU in 2019 were used for energy production, up from 17% in 2000.

Between 2008 and 2018, subsidies for biomass, the main source of which is wood, among 27 European countries increased by 143%. In the UK, government support for biomass projects is expected to total more than £ 13 billion by 2027 - the expiration date for existing subsidy agreements, according to climate think tank Ember.

In 2019, the British government paid the Drax power plant € 2.4 million a day for green electricity. Drax will receive more than € 11.2 billion from the UK government from its switch to biomass in 2012 until the subsidies expire in 2027.

The UK is currently the largest payer of bioenergy subsidies in Europe is spending over £1.9 billion in 2019 primarily on imported wood combustion at Drax.

Other European governments are following this example. In the Netherlands, the government has promised energy companies RWE, Uniper and Onyx more than €3.5 billion in biomass subsidies, making the country one of the largest wood pellet importers in Europe.

This is why pinky left want total control other any media - they should not tell you about their doings, at least not make it mainstream information.

The top ten percent possess over two thirds of all individual net  assets, while previously it was thought to only be 59 percent. The  richest percent of the population has around 35 percent of the wealth,  not 22 percent as previously thought. Around 1.5 per- cent of adults in  Germany have assets in the amount of at least one million euros. These  individuals do not only differ from the rest of the population in terms  of wealth: They are also more often older men, more highly educated,  self-​employed, and more satisfied with their lives. ...

https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.794209.de/dwr-20-30-1.pdf

Intel today announced that its board of directors has appointed 40-year technology industry leader Pat Gelsinger as its new chief executive officer, effective Feb. 15, 2021. Gelsinger will also join the Intel board of directors upon assuming the role. He will succeed Bob Swan, who will remain CEO until Feb. 15.

Today’s announcement is unrelated to Intel’s 2020 financial performance. Intel expects its fourth-quarter 2020 revenue and EPS to exceed its prior guidance provided on Oct. 22, 2020. In addition, the company has made strong progress on its 7nm process technology and plans on providing an update when it reports its full fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 results as previously scheduled on Jan. 21, 2021.

“The board and I deeply appreciate Bob Swan for his leadership and significant contributions through this period of transformation for Intel,” continued Ishrak. “Under his leadership, Intel has made significant progress on its strategy to transform into a multi-architecture XPU company to capitalize on market shifts and extend Intel’s reach into fast-growing markets. Bob has also been instrumental in reenergizing the company’s culture to drive better execution of our product and innovation roadmap. He leaves Intel in a strong strategic and financial position, and we thank him for his ongoing guidance as he works with Pat to ensure the leadership transition is seamless.”

“My goal over the past two years has been to position Intel for a new era of distributed intelligence, improving execution to strengthen our core CPU franchise and extending our reach to accelerate growth,” said Swan. “With significant progress made across those priorities, we’re now at the right juncture to make this transition to the next leader of Intel. I am fully supportive of the board’s selection of Pat and have great confidence that, under his leadership and the rest of the management team, Intel will continue to lead the market as one of the world’s most influential technology companies.”

Most recently, Gelsinger served as the CEO of VMware since 2012, where he significantly transformed the company into a recognized global leader in cloud infrastructure, enterprise mobility and cyber security, almost tripling the company’s annual revenues. Prior to joining VMware, Gelsinger was president and chief operating officer of EMC Information Infrastructure Products at EMC, overseeing engineering and operations for information storage, data computing, backup and recovery, RSA security and enterprise solutions. Before joining EMC, he spent 30 years at Intel, becoming the company’s first chief technology officer and driving the creation of key industry technologies such as USB and Wi-Fi. He was the architect of the original 80486 processor, led 14 different microprocessor programs and played key roles in the Core and Xeon families.

Today rumor is that 7nm output now is totally horrible and 10nm is still bad economically and in performance areas it can't match even 14nm.

Intel already asked TSMC about volume to make some of notebook processors using 5nm tech and wants to join Apple with using TSMC 3nm. Despite TSMC having severe problems with making 3nm work.

My personal managerial experience shows that bureaucracy works well only if you hold a soldering iron in its anus with one hand, while the smile of a progressive leader shines on your face, and your other hand holds the soldering iron plug at the outlet.

Only then will the bureaucracy work as you want.

I am a great humanist, no questions asked. But in practice, I don’t know any other ways to make the bureaucratic structure work effectively.

Some old efficient manager.