[Terrapreta] Do BECs threaten forests?

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi Lou,

There is no reason to use forest trees!  Use renewable perennial plant growth that dies off seasonally.  Make charcoal out of biomass that grows and dies every year.  Make charcoal out of agricultural wastes.

SKB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: lou gold<mailto:lou.gold at gmail.com> 
  To: Terrapreta<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org> 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:52 AM
  Subject: [Terrapreta] Do BECs threaten forests?


  Do BECs threaten forests?

   http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1106-carbon-negative_becs.html<http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1106-carbon-negative_becs.html>

  (11/06/2007) A proposed mechanism for generating carbon-negative bioenergy -- an energy source that reduces atmospheric carbon dioxide levels -- could drive large-scale deforestation in the tropics and undermine efforts to conserve forests for carbon offsets says a biofuel expert, Laurens Rademakers.

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  Thanks,

  lou
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