[geo] Bioenergy with Carbon Capture: Climate Saviour or Dangerous Hype

2012-11-15 Thread Andrew Lockley
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Climate Saviour or Dangerous Hype? Download at: http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2012/beccs_report Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is being promoted as ‘carbon negative’, i.e. as a way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

[geo] Re: Fwd: Soil carbon in the Arctic and the permafrost carbon feedback

2012-11-15 Thread Nathan Currier
I strongly agree with what Andrew says here. This paper begins by essentially saying, politely, that IPCC AR4 model predictions weren't worth too much since they left out arctic carbon feedbacks. Since the paper ends by saying the soil carbon feedbacks are highly uncertain because of lability (ie

Re: [geo] Bioenergy with Carbon Capture: Climate Saviour or Dangerous Hype

2012-11-15 Thread rongretlarson
Andrew, cc list I have just finished reading (closer to skimming) the new BFW report on BECCS that you have identified today/below. For any geo list members who are defenders of BECCS, I would love to hear your reactions - as the BFW group has similarly (since 2007) slammed biochar. I