Take a Closer Look: Biofuels Can Support Environmental, Economic and Social Goals
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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVPerspectiveNEXTTake a Closer Look: Biofuels Can Support Environmental, Economic and Social GoalsBruce E. Dale*†‡, James E. Anderson§, Robert C. Brown∥, Steven Csonka⊥, Virginia H. Dale#, Gary Herwick∇, Randall D. Jackson‡○, Nicholas Jordan◆, Stephen Kaffka¶, Keith L. Kline#, Lee R. Lynd∞, Carolyn Malmstrom†, Rebecca G. Ong†‡, Tom L. Richard⧩, Caroline Taylor☆, and Michael Q. Wang$View Author Information† Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States‡ Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, United States§ Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan 48126, United States∥ Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States⊥ Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative, Lebanon, Ohio 45036, United States# Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Tennessee 37849, United States∇ Transportation Fuels Consulting, Milford, Michigan 48380, United States○ University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States◆ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States¶ University of California-Davis, Davis, Calfornia 95616, United States∞ Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States⧩ Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania 16801, United States☆ Energy Biosciences Institute, Berkeley, California 94704, United States$ Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States*E-mail: [email protected]Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48, 13, 7200–7203Publication Date (Web):June 17, 2014Publication History Received24 May 2014Published online17 June 2014Published inissue 1 July 2014https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es5025433https://doi.org/10.1021/es5025433newsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2014 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views7497Altmetric-Citations113LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (2 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSupporting Info (1)»Supporting Information Supporting Information SUBJECTS:Biofuels,Biomass,Crops,Energy,Fossil fuels Get e-Alerts
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- Authors
- Dale, B. E., Anderson, J. E., Brown, R. C., Csonka, S., Dale, V. H., Herwick, G., Jackson, R. D., Jordan, N., Kaffka, S., Kline, K. L., Lynd, L. R., Malmstrom, C., Ong, R. G., Richard, T. L., Taylor, C., & Wang, M. Q.
- Affiliations
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (US)
- Ford Motor Company (United States) (US)
- Iowa State University (US)
- Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative, Lebanon, Ohio 45036, United States
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
- Transportation Fuels Consulting, Milford, Michigan 48380, United States
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Energy Biosciences Institute (US)
- Argonne National Laboratory (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dale, Bruce E.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Environmental Science & Technology
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2014-06-17
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 7200-7203
- ISSN
- 0013-936X (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5851
- OpenAlex
- W2070926477
- Cited by
- 135
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 3
- Type
- other
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environmental Science & Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Keywords
- biofuels, biofuel policy, environmental impacts of biofuels, bioenergy, transportation fuels, biofuel sustainability, land use change, greenhouse gas emissions, energy security, rural development, food security, water consumption, air quality
- MeSH terms
- Conservation of Natural Resources, Environment, Goals, Socioeconomic Factors, Time Factors, Biofuels
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