Just how stupid are a lot of 'renewable energy' types?

"Let's cut down trees and turn them into pellets to burn instead of using coal! Because we can grow more trees, and pay other countries to cut down THEIR trees and sell them to us!"
On December 15, Australia became the first major economy worldwide to reverse itself on its renewable classification for woody biomass burned to make energy. Under the nation’s new policy, wood harvested from native forests and burned to produce energy cannot be classified as a renewable energy source.

That decision comes as the U.S., Canada, Eastern Europe, Vietnam and other forest nations continue gearing up to harvest their woodlands to make massive amounts of wood pellets, in order to supply biomass-fired power plants in the UK, EU, Japan, South Korea and elsewhere.
Yes, burning wood is SO much nicer than using that nasty natural gas, or oil, or icky nuclear plants to produce energy!

And why might the do such stupid things?  I suspect money.
Australia, by its decision, is taking a very different course than the European Union, where woody biomass — despite growing public opposition — remains defined as a renewable energy source, is heavily government subsidized as a result, and makes up 60% of the EU’s renewable energy mix...

But don't get too excited: they're still fixed on the 'zero emissions' idea while having fits at the idea of nuclear, so I suspect this idiocy is just being replaced by other enviroweenie idiocy.