Abstract
A number of social changes have made proposals to build wood-fired power plants more problematical. The population migration turnaround in non-metropolitan areas is the most notable change. Effects are observed in four controversies that occurred in the United States during the past decade (Hersey and Indian River, Michigan; Adamsville, California; and Burlington, Vermont). The common denominator of controversy has been the extent to which large-scale wood-energy development threatens environmental and economic values. The conclusions of this exploration treat technological scale and the scale of government decision making. Local government is the crucial arena for public reception of this technological change. If forests are to be developed for electric power over other possible uses, power plants of 5 megawatts instead of 50 may be the most feasible in terms of social and political criteria.
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