More Energy from Wood: What Are the Prospects?/RESPONSE: More Energy from Wood: What Are the Prospects?-A Commentary and Critique/RESPONSE: Comments on 'More Energy from Wood: What Are the Prospects?'

摘要

[...] both corn and advanced biofuels can help replace the US dependence on oil imports, but woody biomass from forests is not likely to play a major role in the production of cellulosic ethanol. [...] woody biomass is properly "defined" and acknowledged as a major cost-effective player in the energy arena, America's public and private forests will not be able to achieve their great potential as a renewable source of liquid fuels, electricity, and climate mitigation.