Sugar crops for fuel alcohol

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5223951

Irvine, J E

The use of alcohol rather than petroleum as a fuel source would require a large amount of land and suitable crops. Acerage now in use for food crops and animal production in the USA is given. The author presents alternatives to present land use in order to free acreage for energy crops such as sorghum, sugar beets, and sugar cane. (DC)

• OSTI ID: 5223951
• Report Number(s): CONF-800526-2
• Resource Relation: Conference: Alcohol alternative conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 1 May 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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ALCOHOL FUELS
BIOMASS PLANTATIONS
CROPS
FOOD
SORGHUM
SUGAR BEETS
SUGAR CANE
USA
BEETS
CEREALS
FUELS
GRAMINEAE
GRASS
NORTH AMERICA
PLANTS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
VEGETABLES
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