Crop residues (corn stover, straw, or sugarcane bagasse) represent a potentially sustainable source of cellulosic ethanol. Assuming

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Crop residues (corn stover, straw, or sugarcane bagasse) represent a potentially sustainable source of cellulosic ethanol. Assuming a production of 6 t/ha y and 270 liters of ethanol per tonne of crop residue, estimate the area of farmland necessary to sustainably provide ethanol for one million cars (using 100% ethanol) that travel on average 10000 km/y at 40 mpg (17 km/L).

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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