• kjetil@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      4 days ago

      Difference is timescale. Coal “sequestered carbon” over millions of years, and released over a few decades.

      Biomass gathers and realeases on the same timescale

        • bitwaba@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          4 days ago

          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.