Using Trees and Grasses to Capture Carbon and Produce Energy.

Website:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100127110421.htm

Summary:

This is a 1.1 million research project that is investigating that trees and grass crops can be used to generate renewable energy and to trap carbon in the soil. The scientist Gail Taylor and other scientist will track a path of carbon that is captured by plants and grasses through photosynthesis, when it flows through the plant to the soil. The organic things in the soil makes the plants grow. The scientist compares the food crops for example wheat, they will test to see if the bioenergy crops are better at stimulating long-term of the soil carbon. They now believe that CO2 is an important greenhouse gas and a cause of climate change, so it removes it from the atmosphere. The CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are expensive. In the UK the bioenergy crops could reduce carbon emissions by several million tonnes in the next decade. They say in the future bioenergy crops could be turned into liquid fuels like bioethanol that avoiding food and fuel when grain crops are used for the purpose.

Opinion:

I think this could be a great idea due to the carbon cycle for plants because these plants could have greater life. These plants could be more healthier for animals to eat and that it would be better for the renewable energy.