GEOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
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Question
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Wood resources are nonrenewable
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Using wood resources as fuel releases large amounts of methane gas
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Using wood resources leads to deforestation and habitat destruction
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Using wood releases more toxins into the environment than other biomass fuels
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Detailed explanation-1: -When trees are burned, this carbon returns to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. With fewer trees around to take in the carbon dioxide, this greenhouse gas accumulates in the atmosphere and accelerates global warming. Deforestation also threatens the world’s biodiversity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Wood products also store carbon, reducing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. At the end of their initial service life, wood products are easily recycled for other uses. Wood contributes fewer greenhouse gas emissions than non-renewable steel and concrete.
Detailed explanation-3: -The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause climate change, desertification, soil erosion, fewer crops, flooding, increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and a host of problems for Indigenous people.
Detailed explanation-4: -Compared with coal, wood fuel cut carbon emissions by 74% to 85% when they took into account the entire life cycle of both fuels, including emissions from production and transportation, and possible land-use shifts.
Detailed explanation-5: -Industrial agriculture is the primary cause of deforestation. It causes around 85% of deforestation worldwide.