Are forestation, bio-char and landfilled biomass adequate offsets for the climate effects of burning fossil fuels?

Forestation and landfilling purpose-grown biomass are not adequate offsets for the CO 2 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 land...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Energy policy 2009-08, Vol.37 (8), p.2839-2841
1. Verfasser:	Reijnders, L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied sciences Biological and medical sciences Biomass Biomass energy Carbon dioxide Carbon emissions Carbon offset Combustion Emissions Energy Energy economics Energy policy Exact sciences and technology Forestry Fossil fuels Fuels Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General, economic and professional studies Generalities Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology Greenhouse effect Greenhouse gases Greenhouse gases Carbon offset Permanence Landfill Life cycles Natural energy Offsets Permanence Soils Studies
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Zusammenfassung:	Forestation and landfilling purpose-grown biomass are not adequate offsets for the CO 2 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 CO 2 emissions from burning fossil fuels.
ISSN:	0301-4215 1873-6777
DOI:	10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.047