Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-Input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass

By David Tilman, Jason D. Hill, Clarence Lehman. Science, 2006

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials

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Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long‐term grassland experiment (2013, methodology): “Aboveground biomass was sampled in August, and it approximates aboveground productivity due to annual spring burning (Tilman et al. 2006).”
Biofuels: Efficiency, Ethics, and Limits to Human Appropriation of Ecosystem Services (2010, background): “…claim that biofuels may represent an efficient alternative to oil, some referring to fuelcrops (e.g., Marlandn and Turhollow 1991; Shapouri et al. 1995, 2003; Kim and Dale 2005; Perlach et al. 2005), others referring to future cellulosic ethanol (e.g., Hill et al. 2006; Tilman et al. 2006, 2009).”
Energy production from grassland – Assessing the sustainability of different process chains under German conditions (2009, background): “According to [20], biofuels derived from low-input, high-diversity mixtures of native grassland perennials can provide more usable energy, greater greenhouse gas reductions, and less agrochemical pollution per hectare than corn grain ethanol or soybean biodiesel.”
Negative emissions—Part 2: Costs, potentials and side effects (2018, background): “…derived from algal biomass (Brennan and Owende 2010) with the potential to enhance yields by improving microalgal biology through genetic or metabolic engineering (Tandon and Jin 2017). specific albeit relatively low-yield choices can generate carbon-negative bioenergy, see Tilman et al 2006).”
Importance, evolution, environmental impact and future challenges of grasslands and grassland-based systems in Europe (2009, background): “In the USA, Tilman et al. (2006) have shown that agrofuels derived from species-rich grasslands (SRG) (including several C4 grasses) growing on degraded soils can produce more energy, greater GHG reduction and less pollution hectare–1 than corn grain ethanol or soybean bio-diesel.”
Endophyte symbiosis with tall fescue: how strong are the impacts on communities and ecosystems? (2007, neutral): “With the growing interest in perennial grasses for biofuel production (Tilman et al. 2006), the improved biomass production conferred by endophytes in grasses may be of interest across a wider range of host taxa, regardless of the potential for disruption of grass sexual reproduction by stroma…”
Electrical conductivity of wood biochar monoliths and its dependence on pyrolysis temperature (2020, background): “It is considered as a source of carbon-neutral fuel (Tilman et al. 2006).”
Review of Environmental, Economic and Policy Aspects of Biofuels (2007, background): “• LCA of agriculture: Tilman, Hill, and Lehman (2006), through a decade-long experiment in which they compare different combinations of perennial herbaceous grassland species that can be used for producing biomass, conclude that high-diversity grasslands had increasingly higher bioenergy yield,…”
Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy (2012, background): “Combining these landscapes with economic production of biomass feedstocks is an appealing concept (Tilman et al., 2006; Jordan et al., 2007).”