Biofuels: The Devil in the Details

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Fluck, Werner Thomas
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2010
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In a recent Viewpoint on biofuels (BioScience 59: 926–927), Tom Simpson addressed important shortcomings of corn ethanol production: low net energy gain, competition with food production, and the loss of nitrogen from fertilizers and its environmental consequences. Simpson proposed an agricultural landscape that could produce food, feed, and fuel while improving water, air, and habitat quality by relying more on perennial biomass. However, other environmental problems are related not only to ethanol production but also apply to production of perennial biomass. Here I analyze some of the shortcomings of perennial biomass as a provider of biofuels.
Fil: Fluck, Werner Thomas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Atlantida Argentina; Argentina. Universidad de Basilea; Suiza
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Phosphorus
Renewable energy
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title Biofuels: The Devil in the Details
spellingShingle Biofuels: The Devil in the Details
Fluck, Werner Thomas
Phosphorus
Renewable energy
Biofuels
title_short Biofuels: The Devil in the Details
title_full Biofuels: The Devil in the Details
title_fullStr Biofuels: The Devil in the Details
title_full_unstemmed Biofuels: The Devil in the Details
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Phosphorus
Renewable energy
Biofuels
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Renewable energy
Biofuels
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In a recent Viewpoint on biofuels (BioScience 59: 926–927), Tom Simpson addressed important shortcomings of corn ethanol production: low net energy gain, competition with food production, and the loss of nitrogen from fertilizers and its environmental consequences. Simpson proposed an agricultural landscape that could produce food, feed, and fuel while improving water, air, and habitat quality by relying more on perennial biomass. However, other environmental problems are related not only to ethanol production but also apply to production of perennial biomass. Here I analyze some of the shortcomings of perennial biomass as a provider of biofuels.
Fil: Fluck, Werner Thomas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Atlantida Argentina; Argentina. Universidad de Basilea; Suiza
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