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The carbon based fuels produce 80% of the energy used worldwide and emit 22 billion t (22 E*9 t) per year of CO2, or 6 E*9 t of carbon. Despite the natural carbon cycle uses a quantity of carbon close to 200 E*9 t per year, it cannot recycle all the carbon emitted by anthropic activities that represents only 3% of the total amount. As a matter of fact, the rate of fossil carbon formation is over 100 000 times slower than the rate of fossil carbon consumption and this makes the fossil fuels a “non renewable” source of energy. Carbon dioxide, a green-house gas, is steadily increasing its concentration into the atmosphere since 200 years, rising serious concerns about the effects on global warming and climate change, should higher limits be reached in next two decades. The utilization of biomass represents an environmentally and economically feasible alternative to fossil fuels, moving a step towards the “zero emission” option. As a matter of fact, the forecast is that biomass may contribute to the global energy balance with a share of more than 10% by 2050, [1] with a fivefold increase with respect to the actual 2%. Such expansion of the market would be possible if biomass for energy were specifically grown and used in addition to the limited amount of terrestrial or residual biomass used today as energy source.
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Dibenedetto, A., Tommasi, I. (2003). Biological Utilization of Carbon Dioxide: The Marine Biomass Option. In: Aresta, M. (eds) Carbon Dioxide Recovery and Utilization. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0245-4_13
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