Carbon Mitigation Strategy Uses Wood for Buildings First, Bioenergy Second
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 23:30
in Earth & Climate
Carbon savings can be squeezed from trees when wood not suitable for long-term building materials is used for bioenergy: Depending on the process used, ethanol from woody biomass emits less greenhouse gas than an equivalent amount of gasoline, between 70 percent and a little over 100 percent less.