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Biofuel production on the margins

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  • Klaus Butterbach-Bahl

    (Klaus Butterbach-Bahl and Ralf Kiese are at the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany.
    K.B.-B. is also at the International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.)

  • Ralf Kiese

    (Klaus Butterbach-Bahl and Ralf Kiese are at the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 82467, Germany.)

Abstract

An analysis shows that fuel made from wild, herbaceous vegetation grown on land currently unsuitable for cultivating field crops could contribute substantially to the United States' targets for biofuel production. See Letter p.514

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  • Klaus Butterbach-Bahl & Ralf Kiese, 2013. "Biofuel production on the margins," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7433), pages 483-484, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7433:d:10.1038_nature11853
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11853
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    1. Liu, Kaimin & Fu, Jianqin & Deng, Banglin & Yang, Jing & Tang, Qijun & Liu, Jingping, 2014. "The influences of pressure and temperature on laminar flame propagations of n-butanol, iso-octane and their blends," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 703-715.
    2. Yaoyang, Xu & Boeing, Wiebke J., 2013. "Mapping biofuel field: A bibliometric evaluation of research output," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 28(C), pages 82-91.
    3. Shoko Ishikawa & Takayuki Tsukamoto & Hitoshi Kato & Kazuto Shigeta & Ken-ichi Yakushido, 2017. "Agronomic Factors Affecting the Potential of Sorghum as a Feedstock for Bioethanol Production in the Kanto Region, Japan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-20, June.

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