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Use of wood fuels from boreal forests will create a biofuel carbon debt with a long payback time

Owing to the extensive critique of food-crop-based biofuels, attention and hopes have turned toward second-generation wood-based biofuels. An important question is therefore whether wood from boreal forests could serve as a source for biofuels. However, in a typical boreal forest, it takes 70-120 years before a stand of trees is mature. If this time lag and the real dynamics of the carbon stock of boreal forests more generally are taken into account, it becomes necessary to reconsider the potential mitigation effects of the increased use of wood fuels from boreal forests. This paper finds that the increased harvest of a boreal forest creates a biofuel carbon debt that takes 150-230 years to repay.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 637

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Forestry
Alternative Energy Sources
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Environmental Economics: Government Policy
Thema
forestry
greenhouse gas emissions
bioenergy
carbon neutrality

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Holtsmark, Bjart
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Statistics Norway, Research Department
(wo)
Oslo
(wann)
2010

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Holtsmark, Bjart
  • Statistics Norway, Research Department

Entstanden

  • 2010

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