Research Article
Induced Land Use Emissions due to First and Second Generation Biofuels and Uncertainty in Land Use Emission Factors
Table 4
Cropland expansion due for selected biofuel pathways.
| Biofuel case which induces land use changes | Biofuel produced (billion liters) | New cropland needed (1000 ha.) | New cropland needed (ha./1000 liters of biofuel) |
New cropland needed (ha./1000 liters of ethanol equivalent) |
| (a) Corn ethanol | 43.873 | 2078 | 0.047 | 0.047 | (c) Miscanthus biogasoline | 17.791 | 319 | 0.018 | 0.012 | (d) Switchgrass biogasoline | 17.791 | 775 | 0.044 | 0.029 | (f) Miscanthus ethanol | 26.498 | 408 | 0.023 | 0.023 | (g) Switchgrass ethanol | 26.498 | 1054 | 0.059 | 0.059 |
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