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by jmkni 1765 days ago
We had a similar thing happen recently in Northern Ireland, people were getting paid to literally burn wood pellets to help the environment, the more pellets burned, the more money they made - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_Heat_Incentive_scand...

It was such a scandal it brought down our Government (although some days it feels like a light breeze would bring down our Government...)