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

Reijnders, L.

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.047

Author: L. Reijnders
Year: 2009
Title: Are forestation, bio-char and landfilled biomass adequate offsets for the climate effects of burning fossil fuels?
Journal: Energy Policy
Volume | Issue number: 37 | 8
Pages (from-to): 2839-2841
Document type: Article
Faculty: Faculty of Science (FNWI)
Institute: Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
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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