Opportunities ('costs) matter: A comment on Pimentel and Patzek "Ethanol production using corn, switchgrass, and wood; biodiesel production using soybean and sunflower"

Justus Wesseler

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2006.02.007

Opportunities ('costs) matter: A comment on Pimentel and Patzek "Ethanol production using corn, switchgrass, and wood; biodiesel production using soybean and sunflower"

Justus Wesseler

Wageningen University and Research Centre

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Abstract

The energy balance for different crops reported by Pimentel and Patzek ignores opportunity costs. Including opportunity costs substantially changes the results and leads to different conclusions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1414-1416
Number of pages	3
Journal	Energy Policy
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2006.02.007
State	Published - Feb 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biomass
Energy balance
Opportunity costs

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Opportunities ('costs) matter: A comment on Pimentel and Patzek "Ethanol production using corn, switchgrass, and wood; biodiesel production using soybean and sunflower"

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