Abstract
A simple model to compute the transportation cost of harvesting biomass and delivering it to a central processing plant was prescribed. Under the simplified assumptions used, the equation requires inputs of: process plant size; biomass productivity; fraction of terrain occupied by crop; and geometric constraints of process site and harvest area. These are grouped into distance and geometrical factors which are tabulated for easy reference. The remarkable reduction of biomass transportation work cost in moving from extensive to intensive silviculture implies that with ever increasing fuel costs, Canadian forestry will make the transition from the current practice to SRF in the near future. 2 tables.
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