Cited by 1,596Biofuel production and bioconversionBioeconomy and Sustainability DevelopmentBioenergy crop production and management

Beneficial biofuels—the food, energy, and environment trilemma

Tilman, David, Socolow, Robert, Foley, Jonathan A., Hill, Jason, Larson, Eric, Lynd, Lee, Pacala, Stephen, Reilly, John +3 more·2009·Science

Abstract

Exploiting multiple feedstocks, under new policies and accounting rules, to balance biofuel production, food security, and greenhouse-gas reduction.

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Authors
Tilman, D., Socolow, R., Foley, J. A., Hill, J., Larson, E., Lynd, L., Pacala, S., Reilly, J., Searchinger, T., Somerville, C., & Williams, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • Princeton University (US)
  • Dartmouth College (US)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • Energy Biosciences Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Tilman, David
Venue
Science
Published
2009-07-17
Volume
325
Issue
5938
Pages
270-271
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W1987676671
Cited by
1,596
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 70 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 81 · 2019: 96 · 2018: 104 · 2017: 125 · 2016: 129 · 2015: 112 · 2014: 146 · 2013: 158 · 2012: 143
FWCI
74.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
Keywords
biofuels, food security, greenhouse gas emissions, biofuel feedstock, biofuel policy, environmental accounting
MeSH terms
Energy-Generating Resources, Environment, Food, Industrial Waste, Plants, Politics, Public Policy, Trees, Waste Products, Wood, Ecosystem, Biomass, Crops, Agricultural

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