Goodbye to carbon neutral: Getting biomass footprints right
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Some biomass conversion processes produce greenhouse gas emissions, albeit generally at lower levels compared to fossil fuel processes.
“For instance, some biomass conversion processes do produce greenhouse gas emissions, albeit generally at lower levels compared to fossil fuel processes [76].”
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“Johnson states that we should say ‘goodbye to C neutral’ for bioenergy from forests (Johnson, 2009), while other researchers have focused on fixing ‘a critical climate accounting error’ (Searchinger et al., 2009; Searchinger, 2010).”
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- Authors
- Johnson, E.
- Corresponding author
- Johnson, Eric
- ORCID
- Johnson, Eric
- Venue
- Environmental Impact Assessment Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-04
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 165-168
- ISSN
- 0195-9255 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2169148921
- Cited by
- 333
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 33 · 2012: 27
- FWCI
- 11.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environmental Impact Assessment Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Keywords
- carbon footprint calculation, biomass fuel, carbon neutrality, carbon stock change, LULUCF, solid biofuels, biomass heating, UNFCCC reporting, land use change, deforestation, life cycle assessment, Kyoto Protocol
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