Ethanol as Fuel: Energy, Carbon Dioxide Balances, and Ecological Footprint

By Marcelo E. DIAS DE OLIVEIRA, B. E. Vaughan, E. Rykiel. 2005

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Subfields: Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture (2008, background): “A wide range of materials have been proposed for use, including grain, crop residue, cellulosic crops (e.g. switchgrass, sugarcane) and various tree species (Cerri et al. 2004; Edmonds 2004; Paustian et al. 2004; Sheehan et al. 2004; Dias de Oliveira et al. 2005; Eidman 2005 ).”
Sustainability of the four generations of biofuels – A review (2020, background): “The emissions of CO2 are influenced by the efficiency of biofuel conversion and crop yield, different assumptions and analysis of the carbon emissions lead to different output values.(39) The reduction of GHGs emissions was 59% to 82% compared on gasoline emissions baseline for sugarcane ethanol.”
Grain and cellulosic ethanol: History, economics, and energy policy (2007, background): “These results are more favorable for sugarcane-based ethanol in Brazil [15].”
Policy and technological constraints to implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation options in agriculture (2007, background): “But in some case, the practices could intensify water use, thereby depleting reserves (Unkovich, 2003; de Oliveira et al., 2005).”
Tropical agriculture and global warming: impacts and mitigation options (2007, methodology): “At present there are 5 Mha of sugar cane grown in Brazil (FNP, 2006) of which approximately 20% (1.5 Mha) is harvested without burning (Silva, 1997; Oliveira et al., 2005).”
Challenge of biofuel: filling the tank without emptying the stomach? (2007, background): “In fact, sugarcane ethanol can appear unsustainable based on the impact its production has on water alone (de Oliveira et al 2005).”