Substitution impacts of wood?based textile fibers: Influence of market assumptions

Wood products may help to avoid fossil emissions when they substitute for more fossil-intensive products. However, the estimates of avoided attributed wood use tend be based on incomplete market assumptions. are assumed fully non-wood products, yet substitution rarely occurs 1:1 and can also each other. This study outlines a systematic procedure grounded economic theory approximating existence rate between calculates marginal with both conventional assumptions realistic an expert survey, taking case textile markets. The results suggest that regenerated cellulosic fibers (RCFs) not perfect substitutes synthetic fibers, meaning part additional RCF supply will replace established while it merely adds overall supply, thereby aggregate emissions. Moreover, in long term, RCFs likely synthetics than cotton, short non-viscose contemporary viscose polyester or cotton. In specified case, alteration leads quadrupling impacts use. Besides relatively high intensity viscose, this is partly explained by increased absolute Producing account processes forest markets central directing investments ensure net reduction