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minus-squarekjetil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 days agoDifference is timescale. Coal “sequestered carbon” over millions of years, and released over a few decades. Biomass gathers and realeases on the same timescale
minus-squarePhilippe23@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·18 days agoThen you’re saying biomass is not really sequestering carbon, essentially.
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·18 days agoNeither is solar or wind. But they’re all net-zero or near-zero carbon emissions when considering the entire lifestyle of the energy and machinery production.
Difference is timescale. Coal “sequestered carbon” over millions of years, and released over a few decades.
Biomass gathers and realeases on the same timescale
Then you’re saying biomass is not really sequestering carbon, essentially.
Neither is solar or wind. But they’re all net-zero or near-zero carbon emissions when considering the entire lifestyle of the energy and machinery production.