Does replacing coal with wood lower CO[subscript 2] emissions? Dynamic lifecycle analysis of wood bioenergy

Bioenergy is booming as nations seek to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. The European Union declared biofuels to be carbon-neutral, triggering a surge in wood use. But do biofuels actually reduce emissions? A molecule of CO[subscript 2] emitted today has the same impact on radiative forcing wheth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Siegel, Lori, Rooney-Varga, Juliette N, Sterman, John
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Published: IOP Publishing 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116839
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7476-6760