Bioenergy: Biofuel production on the margins
Productive agricultural land that could otherwise be used to produce much-needed food crops is being diverted towards grain-based ethanol production in both Europe and the United States, partly in response to government legislation. An alternative is to grow cellulosic crops on so-called marginal la...
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| author | Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus Kiese, Ralf |
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| description | Productive agricultural land that could otherwise be used to produce much-needed food crops is being diverted towards grain-based ethanol production in both Europe and the United States, partly in response to government legislation. An alternative is to grow cellulosic crops on so-called marginal lands. An evaluation of the potential of marginal lands in the Midwestern United States to produce biofuel while mitigating direct greenhouse gas emissions now finds that they have the capacity to produce a significant amount of biofuel energy without the initial carbon debt and indirect land-use costs associated with food-based biofuels. |
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| spelling | CGSpace339722025-11-12T04:28:09Z Bioenergy: Biofuel production on the margins Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus Kiese, Ralf Productive agricultural land that could otherwise be used to produce much-needed food crops is being diverted towards grain-based ethanol production in both Europe and the United States, partly in response to government legislation. An alternative is to grow cellulosic crops on so-called marginal lands. An evaluation of the potential of marginal lands in the Midwestern United States to produce biofuel while mitigating direct greenhouse gas emissions now finds that they have the capacity to produce a significant amount of biofuel energy without the initial carbon debt and indirect land-use costs associated with food-based biofuels. 2013-01 2013-11-08T09:50:27Z 2013-11-08T09:50:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33972 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Butterbach-Bahl K. and R. Kiese. 2013. Bioenergy: Biofuel production on the margins. Nature 493: 483-485 |
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