Comment on ?Does replacing coal with wood lower CO₂ emissions? Dynamic lifecycle analysis of wood bioenergy? [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 633.7 Alkaloidal crops
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2018
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: Article No. 128002 : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 262902
• Chủ đề: 1. 09 biomass fuels; 2. Biomass energy; 3. Co2 emissions; 4. Forest management

Tóm tắt

The use of wood for bioenergy production results in a worse climate outcome than from using coal. However, many of the assumptions on which their primary wood bioenergy scenario is based are not realistic and therefore are not informative. Assumptions of uncharacteristically long rotations for southern pine plantations, no utilization of wood for longer-duration products, and a single harvest over 100 years understate the carbon performance of current forest management practices. We provide references that support realistic modeling of forest carbon dynamics that are reflective of current practice and therefore more informative.