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dc.contributor.authorSiegel, Lori
dc.contributor.authorSterman, John
dc.contributor.authorRooney-Varga, Juliette N
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-26T11:30:26Z
dc.date.available2019-03-26T11:30:26Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.date.submitted2018-11
dc.identifier.issn1748-9326
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121084
dc.description.abstractWe respond to Prisley et al's (2018 Environ. Res. Lett. 13 128002) critique of Sterman et al (2018 Environ. Res. Lett. 13 015007), which found that using wood to produce electricity can worsen climate change at least through 2100, even if wood displaces coal. The result arises because (1) wood generates more CO₂/kWh than coal, creating an initial carbon debt; (2) regrowth of harvested land can remove CO₂ from the atmosphere, but takes time and is not certain; and (3) until the carbon debt is repaid, atmospheric CO₂ is higher, increasing radiative forcing and worsening climate change long after the initial carbon debt is repaid by new growth. We correct several errors in Prisley et al's critique, and show that our results are robust to the harvest and land management practices they prefer.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.) (DUE-124558)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.) (grant ICER-1701062)en_US
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf354en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 unported licenseen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en_US
dc.sourceIOP Publishingen_US
dc.titleReply to comment on ‘Does replacing coal with wood lower CO₂ emissions? Dynamic lifecycle analysis of wood bioenergy'en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationSterman, John D, Lori Siegel, and Juliette N Rooney-Varga. “Reply to Comment on ‘Does Replacing Coal with Wood Lower CO2 Emissions? Dynamic Lifecycle Analysis of Wood Bioenergy.’” Environmental Research Letters 13, no. 12 (December 18, 2018): 128003.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentSloan School of Managementen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorSterman, John
dc.contributor.mitauthorRooney-Varga, Juliette N
dc.relation.journalEnvironmental Research Lettersen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2019-02-28T18:19:13Z
dspace.orderedauthorsSterman, John D; Siegel, Lori; Rooney-Varga, Juliette Nen_US
dspace.embargo.termsNen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7476-6760
mit.licensePUBLISHER_CCen_US


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