5.5 The Predicament of Biomass-Based Fuel
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Real Value of a
Tree Equals
Man Made Machine
That harnesses Solar
Energy
That Produces
Carbohydrates
That Absorbs CO 2 and
Generates O 2
That Binds Soil and
percolates water
That Provides Wood &
Non Wood material
That Provides Food
and medicine
That performs all other
ecological functions a
tree accomplishes
during its lifetime
Fig. 5.28 Real value of a tree equals
We must also remember that services provided by the energy are more significant
than the quantum of energy, and therefore, energy performance will overshadow
energy supply or energy use. As far as fuelwood is concerned, this can be achieved
in the following science-based approach (Srivastav 1992), which is as follows:
• Land for energy plantation can be ascertained from the following formula:
Area(Hectare) =
Number of families × Average annual consumption of wood fuel per family
Annual volume increment in the fuelwoodlot
• Species selection for each area can be done by ranking different local tree species
with the help of following formula:
181
Real Value of a
Tree Equals
Man Made Machine
That harnesses Solar
Energy
That Produces
Carbohydrates
That Absorbs CO 2 and
Generates O 2
That Binds Soil and
percolates water
That Provides Wood &
Non Wood material
That Provides Food
and medicine
That performs all other
ecological functions a
tree accomplishes
during its lifetime
Fig. 5.28 Real value of a tree equals
We must also remember that services provided by the energy are more significant
than the quantum of energy, and therefore, energy performance will overshadow
energy supply or energy use. As far as fuelwood is concerned, this can be achieved
in the following science-based approach (Srivastav 1992), which is as follows:
• Land for energy plantation can be ascertained from the following formula:
Area(Hectare) =
Number of families × Average annual consumption of wood fuel per family
Annual volume increment in the fuelwoodlot
• Species selection for each area can be done by ranking different local tree species
with the help of following formula: