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Reduced Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Ethanol from Biomass

Description :

When compared with gasoline, ethanol from cellulosic biomass could dramatically reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO₂). Although burning gasoline and other fossil fuels increases atmospheric CO₂ concentrations, the photosynthetic production of new biomass takes up most of the carbon dioxide released when bioethanol is burned.

Citation :

U.S. DOE. 2006. Breaking the Biological Barriers to Cellulosic Ethanol: A Joint Research Agenda, DOE/SC/EE-0095, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, http://genomicsgtl.energy.gov/biofuels/.

Credit or Source :

Adapted from ORNL Review (www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/v33_2_00/bioenergy.htm).

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