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... if it were used as a carbon sink. But that cellulose "waste" part of the corn is a feedstock for other industries. Keeping those inputs constant means grow
by ramblenode 5y ago
... if it were used as a carbon sink.
But that cellulose "waste" part of the corn is a feedstock for other industries. Keeping those inputs constant means growing more of some other crop and increasing net nitrogen usage. Producing nitrogen fertilizer takes energy, currently from fossil fuels.