http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/06/24/biomass-better-than-coal-war-over-carbon-accounting-erupts/ Biomass news for power, feed and food production Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:01:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/06/24/biomass-better-than-coal-war-over-carbon-accounting-erupts/comment-page-1/#comment-1298 Advanced BioFuels USA » Biomass Better than Coal? War over Carbon Accounting Erupts Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:24:17 +0000 http://biomassdigest.net/blog/2010/06/24/biomass-better-than-coal-war-over-carbon-accounting-erupts/#comment-1298 [...] View #2. Those who view biomass as a user of “forest slash” and other wood wastes consider that they are using waste resources that are not a stable carbon storage system – that wood waste would be left on forest floors or otherwise disposed, and carbon emissions would have occurred naturally in bacterial decomposition. By this accounting, you count the carbon absorption of new growth first, and the emissions second – because it is the second cycle of biomass growth that reflects the actual impact of a biomass industry. By this accounting approach, the carbon debt is far less intense.   READ MORE [...] [...] View #2. Those who view biomass as a user of “forest slash” and other wood wastes consider that they are using waste resources that are not a stable carbon storage system – that wood waste would be left on forest floors or otherwise disposed, and carbon emissions would have occurred naturally in bacterial decomposition. By this accounting, you count the carbon absorption of new growth first, and the emissions second – because it is the second cycle of biomass growth that reflects the actual impact of a biomass industry. By this accounting approach, the carbon debt is far less intense.   READ MORE [...]

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