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

作者：Reijnders L^*

来源：Energy Policy, 2009, 37(8): 2839-2841.

DOI：10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.047

• Greenhouse gases
• Carbon offset
• Permanence

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.

• 出版日期2009-8