“Marginal land” for energy crops: Exploring definitions and embedded assumptions

O.K. Shortall

Energy Policy, 2013, vol. 62, issue C, 19-27

Abstract: The idea of using less productive or “marginal land” for energy crops is promoted as a way to overcome the previous land use controversies faced by biofuels. It is argued that marginal land use would not compete with food production, is widely available and would incur fewer environmental impacts. This term is notoriously vague however, as are the details of how marginal land use for energy crops would work in practice.

Keywords: Biomass; Marginal; Land (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.048

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