- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
That's a very big "If" in my view. Using it in buildings might lock it up for 50 years but not much more and, even then, some is burnt or composted (all the waste on site including, often, whole lengths of virgin timber left over on the job). Few modern houses will be unmodified after 50 years. It's not like the old 12" square oak beams in traditional houses that often last 300 years or more.I am sure I have read, that it only stores Carbon if the wood produced is stored and not burn or allowed to rot down, and even then, it only sequests the same as permanent pasture anyway, and if it is on peat, less.
And, as you say, if it's used to burn for fuel it then becomes just cycling short to medum term with no net sequestration at all.
Smoke and mirrors IMHO.