NOW THEY’VE GONE TOO FAR: Soulless Greens Are Trying to Ruin Scotch Whisky. “Because peat is decaying organic matter that must be burned to obtain energy, it is considered a fossil fuel — and you know what that means.”
If you read between the lines, it’s obvious that banning or limiting peat is just a way for distillers who don’t use peat to legally kneecap superior distillers.