The Problem with Biofuels

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References:

[1] https://www.agriculture.com/news/busi...
[2] https://www.politico.com/newsletters/...
[3] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/b...
[4] https://www.eubia.org/cms/wiki-biomas... [19]
[5] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/b... [19a]
[6] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det.... [19b]
[7] https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/map.... [20b]
[8] https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2019/... [20d]
[9] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamescon... [21b]
[10] https://www.macrotrends.net/2532/corn... [21c]
[11] https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146... [21d]
[12] https://www.technologyreview.com/2011... [21f]
[13] https://link.springer.com/article/10.... [19c]
[14] https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783... [21a]
[15] https://link.springer.com/article/10....
[16] https://www.circleofblue.org/wp-conte...
[17] https://hoptownchronicle.org/corn-gro... [23a]
[18] https://economics.yale.edu/sites/defa... [22b]
[19]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... [21]
[20]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti.... [21e]
[21] https://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy... [25]
[22] https://www.ge.com/gas-power/future-o...
[23] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-no...
[24] https://www.neste.com/products/all-pr...
[25] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-no...

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