Are forestation, bio-char and landfilled biomass adequate offsets for the climate effects of burning fossil fuels?
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| Publication date |
2009
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| Journal |
Energy Policy
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| Volume | Issue number |
37 | 8
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| Pages (from-to) |
2839-2841
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Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
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| Abstract |
Forestation and landfilling purpose-grown biomass are not adequate offsets for the CO2 emission from burning fossil fuels. Their permanence is insufficiently guaranteed and landfilling purpose-grown biomass may even be counterproductive. As to permanence, bio-char may do better than forests or landfilled biomass, but there are major uncertainties about net greenhouse gas emissions linked to the bio-char life cycle, which necessitate suspension of judgement about the adequacy of bio-char addition to soils as an offset for CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels.
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| Document type |
Article
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.047
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