University of Illinois Researchers Find Biofuel Crops Cultivated on Available Land ...

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: January 11, 2011

Could Supply Half of World's Fuel Consumption Without Affecting Food Crops or Pastureland

Champaign, IL--Using detailed land analysis, Illinois researchers have found that biofuel crops cultivated on available land could produce up to half of the world’s current fuel consumption – without affecting food crops or pastureland.

Published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, the study led by civil and environmental engineering professor Ximing Cai identified land around the globe available to produce grass crops for biofuels, with minimal impact on agriculture or the environment.

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