• kjetil@lemmy.world
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      Difference is timescale. Coal “sequestered carbon” over millions of years, and released over a few decades.

      Biomass gathers and realeases on the same timescale

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        Then you’re saying biomass is not really sequestering carbon, essentially.

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          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.