Permanent Wood Sequestration: No Solution to the Global Carbon Dioxide Problem

Abstract

An earlier suggestion to solve the global carbon dioxide problem by Scholz and Hasse is subject to restrictions when transferred into operational applications and to an order of magnitude that would be needed to display a significant reduction of the atmospheric CO2 concentration. This contribution presents an alternative point of view on the utilization of timber as a means for solving the global carbon dioxide problem, and expands on the wood growth and burial process.

Reply to Comments on “Permanent Wood Sequestration: The Solution to the Global Carbon Dioxide Problem”

“…In their comment, [1] Kçhl and Frühwald claim that Micales and Skog, [2] and Zeng [3] have already made proposals similar to the one we have made in our earlier publication. [4] This statement is incorrect, as Micales and Skog discussed the sequestration of waste products from wood while Zeng proposed the collection of dead wood from forests for deposition.…”

Quantifying the impact of forest management on the carbon balance of the forest-wood product chain: A case study applied to even-aged oak stands in France

“…Burial of wood has been suggested as mean of permanent wood sequestration by Scholz and Hasse (2008), although this solution does not consider the effect of material substitution through the use of HWPs over the whole carbon cycle (Köhl and Frühwald, 2009). While disposing wood products in landfills increases the HWP carbon pool, it also has a major drawback.…”

Combating the effects of climatic change on forests by mitigation strategies

“…While deforestation and degradation which take place mainly in tropical regions account for roughly 20 percent of the global carbon emissions [17], sustainable forest management activities contribute to climate change mitigation [16,18]. It is widely accepted that the carbon stock of natural forest ecosystems should be protected [19,20] and management activities be focused on reforestation, the increase of carbon stock density in existing forests, fostering the C storage in harvested wood products and substitution of fossil fuels through material and energetic use of timber [16,18,21,22]. …”