Impacts of a 32-billion-gallon bioenergy landscape on land and fossil fuel use in the US

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Impacts of a 32-billion-gallon bioenergy landscape on land and fossil fuel use in the US [1]

Sustainable transportation biofuels may require considerable changes in land use to meet mandated targets. Understanding the possible impact of different policies on land use and greenhouse gas emissions has typically proceeded by exploring either ecosystem or economic modelling. Here we integrate such models to assess the potential for the US Renewable Fuel Standard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector through the use of cellulosic biofuels. We find that 2022 US emissions are decreased by 7.0 ± 2.5% largely through gasoline displacement and soil carbon storage by perennial grasses.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date:

01/01/2016

Author(s): Tara W. Hudiburg [3], Weiwei Wang [4], Madhu Khanna & et al [5]

Source: Nature Energy [6]

Vol:

1

pp:

1-7

Tags:

Fossil Fuels [7], United States Of America (US) [8], Land Use [9], Green House Gases [10], Renewable Energy [11], Transport [12], Energy Policy [13], Biomass [14], Ethanol [15], Carbon Capture and Storage [16], Climate Change [17]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/impacts-32-billion-gallon-bioenergy-landscape-land-and-fossil-fuel-use-us

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/impacts-32-billion-gallon-bioenergy-landscape-land-and-fossil-fuel-use-us
[2] http://www.nature.com/articles/nenergy20155
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tara-w-hudiburg
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/weiwei-wang
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/madhu-khanna-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature-energy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossil-fuels
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/transport
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-policy
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biomass
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethanol
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-capture-and-storage
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change