The life cycle emission of greenhouse gases associated with plant oils used as biofuel
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| Publication date | 2011 |
| Journal | Renewable Energy |
| Volume | Issue number | 36 | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 879-880 |
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| Abstract | Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions associated with biofuels should not only consider fossil fuel inputs, but also N2O emissions and changes in carbon stocks of (agro) ecosystems linked to the cultivation of biofuel crops. When this is done, current plant oils such as European rapeseed oil and oil from soybeans and oil palms cultivated on recently deforested soils have higher life cycle greenhouse gas emissions than conventional diesel. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2010.07.003 |
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