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Greater Transportation Energy and GHG Offsets from Bioelectricity Than Ethanol
Abstract
Future Fuels: In the scramble to develop more environmentally friendly transportation methods, a wide range of questions must be answered, including how automobiles may best be powered. Biomass might be an important source for that power, either to generate electricity for electric vehicles, or to make ethanol for combustion vehicles. Campbell et al. (p. 1055; published online 7 May; see the Policy Forum by Ohlrogge et al. ) examined each approach's demands on land-use, using a lifecycle assessment model, for a range of energy feedstocks, conversion methods, and vehicle types. In nearly all cases, bioelectricity would have a significantly higher net transportation efficiency per area of land used than bioethanol, owing to the greater efficiency of electric engines. Furthermore, bioelectricity would result in a smaller CO 2 burden. Thus, bioelectricity could represent an important bridge to more advanced transportation technologies with less environmental impact.
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“However, after accounting for forest regrowth and urbanization, the total area of abandoned agricultural land ranged from 385 to 472 million ha.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Campbell, J. E., Lobell, D. B., & Field, C. B.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Merced (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- Carnegie Institution for Science (US)
- Corresponding author
- Campbell, J. E.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2009-05-22
- Volume
- 324
- Issue
- 5930
- Pages
- 1055-1057
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2047893098
- Semantic Scholar
- 2221f0ef822fc39f2b8116604ba057c2ea356978
- Cited by
- 227
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 25 · 2012: 20
- FWCI
- 67.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Keywords
- bioelectricity, cellulosic ethanol, land use efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, transportation energy use, electric vehicles, internal combustion engine vehicles, biofuel feedstock, land conversion, climate change mitigation
- MeSH terms
- Agriculture, Air Pollutants, Ethanol, Automobile Driving, Bioelectric Energy Sources, Zea mays, Energy-Generating Resources, Greenhouse Effect, Biomass, Motor Vehicles
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