Commodity intensity of global GDP in 30 key charts?
…is associated with 80 tons of coal use, 350 bbls of oil, 1,360 mcf of gas, 285 MWH of electricity, 19 tons of steel, 19 tons of wood, 5 tons…
Growing economies: reforest and reinvest?
…double these countries’ investment rates. Reinvesting in wind, solar, electrification avoids higher carbon fuels and deforestation for firewood. Reinvesting in timber value chains maximizes CO2 permanence and value. This 13-page…
Reforestation: what planting density for seedlings?
…wood-based fuel or lower-value sawlogs. However less dense stands may favor longer growing cycles, to produce high value timber, locking carbon away in long-lived construction materials. Planting density depends on…
Savanna carbon: great plains?
…here. As an approximate breakdown, 33% of the CO2 is stored in soils, 33% in living woody tissue, and the remainder is distributed across roots, dead wood, shrubs and litter….
Global hydrogen: market breakdown?
…to treat wood, for fuel additives and in industrial intermediates. Again, switching to green H2 inflates cost by 5x. We remain more excited by blue- and bio-methanol decarbonization pathways (note…
CO2 intensity of materials: an overview?
…the data-file. We have estimated separately the CO2 intensity of different wood fuels, crop production, how it varies with fertilizer application, palm oil. All of our biofuels research is here….
European gas: anatomy of an energy crisis?
…gas itself (-1% YoY), manufacturing food products (-6%) and auto production (-6%). The biggest reductions in gas demand were refineries (-41%) and wood products (-26%) because both can readily switch…
Formaldehyde production: the economics?
…in making urea-formaldehyde resins, which in turn are used to make fibre-board wood products (e.g., MDF); in other adhesive products (e.g., as might be used in producing wind turbine blades);…
Reforestation in Estonia: six months in?
…near-identical fungi — one translating as “delicious wood champignon” and the other translating, more ominously, as “the angel of death”. The purpose of this short note is a progress-update on…
UK reforestation projects: 25 case studies?
This data-file reviews 25 examples of forestation projects in the United Kingdom, which have followed the UK Woodland Carbon Code. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Our conclusion is that the…