Patzek, Tadeusz W. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 10, pp. 3158-3194
The switchgrass-driven process for producing ethanol has received much popular attention. However, a realistic analysis of this process indicates three serious limitations: (a) If switchgrass planted on 140 million hectares (the entire area of active U.S. cropland) were used as feedstock and...