Biofuel Crops and Greenhouse Gases

A. Hastings; J. Yeluripati; J. Hillier; P. Smith

doi:10.1002/9781118635797.ch12

Biofuel Crops and Greenhouse Gases

A. Hastings^*, J. Yeluripati, J. Hillier, P. Smith

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Abstract

The sustainability of biofuels has to be judged based upon the net energy they contribute to society and the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) they emit compared to their energy equivalent in fossil fuel. In addition, they also have to be judged by their efficient use of resources such as land and water as these are competed for in the production of food, fiber, and timber or for ecosystem services. This chapter explores these metrics by the life-cycle analysis (LCA) of bioenergy produced from annual and perennial feedstocks and includes GHG emission from land-use change. These land-use-change emissions will include the change in carbon stocks in standing vegetation and soils as well as trace gas emissions of CH₄ due to water table changes and N₂O emissions from the use of fertilizers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Biofuel Crop Sustainability
Editors	Bharat P. Singh
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons
Pages	383-405
Number of pages	23
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118635643, 9781118635728
ISBN (Print)	9780470963043, 9781118635797
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118635797.ch12
Publication status	Published - 20 May 2013

Keywords

Biofuel crops
Greenhouse gas (GHG)
Land-use change
Life-cycle analysis (LCA)
Soil emissions

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