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A driving force for fuels
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- Category: In the Press
- Published on 04 February 2009
State News reports on two studies completed last month by Bruce Dale that could foster positive attitudes about alternative fuels and decrease the cost of creating them. Dale’s first study presented evidence against the notion that benefits of biofuels are offset by the land required to produce the corn for ethanol and the gas emissions of the vehicles using the fuel.
“The issue with the arguments were that there was not data to support the claims,” he said. “Our analysis shows that crop management is a key factor in estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with land use change and associated with biofuels.”
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