Solar Biomass Energy: An Overview of U.S. Potential

Burwell, C.C.

doi:10.1126/science.199.4333.1041

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“…agencies (Burwell 1978). The cost effectiveness of replacing fossil fuel with woody materials rapidly increases as oil prices rise.…”

Section: Wood Energymentioning

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Effects of increased wood energy consumption on carbon storage in forests of the United States

Armentano

1984

Environmental Management

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/ Large but feasible increases that have been projected for the production of wood energy in the United States can be expected to significantly alter the current carbon storage patterns in US forest vegetation. The 1976 net wood increment left after forest cutting equals about 136 x 106 tons of carbon/year, with about 60% of the increment found in merchantable trees, and the remainder in nonmerchantable components.Achieving 5-10 quads of wood energy beyond 1976 levels by the year 2010 can significantly change current carbon storage patterns with the magnitude of change dependent on the extent of residue harvest to meet energy goals, and the rate of future forest growth. Complete loss of the apparent net wood increment is a possible outcome.Although the future growth and harvest situation cannot be known now, a range of possible scenarios suggests that US forests in the year 2010 will store much less carbon than today, thus significantly changing their role in the global carbon cycle.

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“…agencies (Burwell 1978). The cost effectiveness of replacing fossil fuel with woody materials rapidly increases as oil prices rise.…”

Section: Wood Energymentioning

confidence: 98%

Effects of increased wood energy consumption on carbon storage in forests of the United States

Armentano

1984

Environmental Management

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“…Neutral detergent fiber concentration, an estimate of cell-wall concentration, was near 50% in alfalfa (Table 24 and (Table 24 and Biomass burns cleaner, being lower in C02 and SO2 (Burwell, 1978), thus decreasing the polluting potential of the electrical generation plant.…”

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Selection of herbaceous energy crops for the western corn belt. Final report Part 1: Agronomic aspects, March 1, 1988--November 30, 1993

Anderson¹,

Buxton²,

Hallam

1994

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“…Journal of industrial Ecology are not removed, and growing cull trees are left to expand their area of coverage" (Burwell 1978(Burwell , 1046. With encouraging economic conditions, Burwell implies, even rudimentary management could grow much more wood.…”

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Searching for Leverage to Conserve Forests: The Industrial Ecology of Wood Products in the United States

Wernick

Waggoner²,

Ausubel³

1997

J of Industrial Ecology

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Summary The forest and the creatures it shelters exemplify nature, and logging exemplifies the impacts of humans. In the 1990s Americans annually removed 70% more timber from the forest than in 1900. Since I900 population rose more than three times and gross domestic product (GDP) per person almost five. Despite more people, affluence, and logging, U.S. forest area remained constant. Since mid‐century, standing timber volume me nearly 30%. Consumers, millers, and foresters, responding to changes in style, ethics, and technology, have contributed to these outcomes. We examine the role of each actor in the industrial ecology of forests for their leverage for sparing forests. Consumers lessened their use of wood products per GDP (Intensity of Use) during the century by 2.5% annually to offset expanding population and GDP per person, a trend that will level or lower timber consumption if population and affluence grow as expected. Millers became highly efficient at utilizing wood and recycled fiber for their material or energy, a success that limits their fcrture leverage. Foresters have leverage to grow trees faster and thus use less forest land to grow and harvest timber. Steady or declining demand for trees coupled to productive forests could spare more US. forest land for sequestering carbon, ecosystem services, and habit for nature.

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Solar Biomass Energy: An Overview of U.S. Potential

Cited by 47 publications

References 4 publications

Effects of increased wood energy consumption on carbon storage in forests of the United States

Effects of increased wood energy consumption on carbon storage in forests of the United States

Selection of herbaceous energy crops for the western corn belt. Final report Part 1: Agronomic aspects, March 1, 1988--November 30, 1993

Searching for Leverage to Conserve Forests: The Industrial Ecology of Wood Products in the United States

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