Brazilian sugarcane ethanol as an expandable green alternative to crude oil use

Deepak Jaiswal, Amanda P. De Souza, Søren Larsen, David S. LeBauer, Fernando E. Miguez, Gerd Sparovek, Germán Bollero, Marcos S. Buckeridge and Stephen P. Long ()
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Deepak Jaiswal: Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana
Amanda P. De Souza: Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana
Søren Larsen: Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo
David S. LeBauer: Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana
Fernando E. Miguez: Iowa State University Ames
Gerd Sparovek: Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo
Germán Bollero: University of Illinois Urbana
Marcos S. Buckeridge: Institute of Biosciences, and the Systems and Synthetic Biology Center, University of São Paulo
Stephen P. Long: Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 11, 788-792

Abstract: Biofuels have lower CO2 emissions than fossil fuels, but competing land demands can limit expansion of production. This study shows Brazilian sugarcane ethanol could displace up to 13% of global crude oil consumption by 2045 whilst balancing forest conservation and future land demand for food.

Date: 2017
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