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Biomass fuels and forest-management strategies: How do we calculate the greenhouse-gas emissions benefits?

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  • Marland, Gregg
  • Schlamadinger, Bernhard

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We show in this study that a full fuel-cycle analysis of the greenhouse gas (CO2) implications of biomass energy systems has not only to take into account the inputs and outputs of energy (and associated carbon content) but must recognize that many biomas systems have by-products that are produced along with the biofuel. The analysis must also account for the temporal variability of carbon stocks and fluxes associated with the standing biomass and its harvest. Where land resources are limited, we need to consider the opportunity cost of managing the land to produce biomass fuels. Establishing a system of parties, each accountable for its own greenhouse-gas emissions, would require detailed deliberations on how to treat carbon flows in biofuels and wood products exchanged between the parties. An accounting for credits and debits has to be found that encourages each party to act in a way that is optimal for the carbon budget of the whole system.

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  • Marland, Gregg & Schlamadinger, Bernhard, 1995. "Biomass fuels and forest-management strategies: How do we calculate the greenhouse-gas emissions benefits?," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 20(11), pages 1131-1140.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:20:y:1995:i:11:p:1131-1140
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(95)00061-K
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    1. K. Pingoud & A.-L. Perälä & A. Pussinen, 2001. "Carbon dynamics in wood products," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 6(2), pages 91-111, June.
    2. Bentsen, Niclas Scott, 2017. "Carbon debt and payback time – Lost in the forest?," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 1211-1217.
    3. Chonggang Xu & George Gertner & Robert Scheller, 2012. "Importance of colonization and competition in forest landscape response to global climatic change," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 110(1), pages 53-83, January.
    4. Gilbert Ahamer, 2022. "Why Biomass Fuels Are Principally Not Carbon Neutral," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(24), pages 1-39, December.
    5. Cherubini, Francesco & Strømman, Anders H. & Hertwich, Edgar, 2011. "Effects of boreal forest management practices on the climate impact of CO2 emissions from bioenergy," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 223(1), pages 59-66.
    6. Lintunen, Jussi & Uusivuori, Jussi, 2014. "On The Economics of Forest Carbon: Renewable and Carbon Neutral But Not Emission Free," Climate Change and Sustainable Development 165755, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
    7. Daniel M. Kammen & Alexander E. Farrell & Richard J. Plevin & Andrew D. Jones & Mark A. Delucchi & Gregory F. Nemet, 2007. "Energy and Greenhouse Impacts of Biofuels: A Framework for Analysis," OECD/ITF Joint Transport Research Centre Discussion Papers 2007/2, OECD Publishing.
    8. Yang, Jing & Zhang, Peidong, 2011. "Assessment methods of carbon dioxide emitted from bioenergy utilization," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 15(6), pages 2684-2689, August.
    9. Mark Trexler & Laura Kosloff, 1998. "The 1997 Kyoto Protocol: What Does It Mean for Project-Based Climate Change Mitigation?," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 3(1), pages 1-58, January.
    10. Kammen, Daniel M. & Farrell, Alexander E & Plevin, Richard J & Jones, Andrew & Nemet, Gregory F & Delucchi, Mark, 2008. "Energy and Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Biofuels: A Framework for Analysis," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt5qw5g6q2, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    11. Geng, Aixin & Yang, Hongqiang & Chen, Jiaxin & Hong, Yinxing, 2017. "Review of carbon storage function of harvested wood products and the potential of wood substitution in greenhouse gas mitigation," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(P1), pages 192-200.
    12. K. Pingoud & A. Lehtilä, 2002. "Fossil carbon emissions associated with carbon flowsof wood products," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 7(1), pages 63-83, March.
    13. Lintunen, Jussi & Uusivuori, Jussi, 2016. "On the economics of forests and climate change: Deriving optimal policies," Journal of Forest Economics, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 130-156.

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