Perspective: Shoddy Environmental BookkeepingBiofuels and Indirect Land Use Change
April 3rd, 2009
Perspective by Professor Bruce Dale, Michigan State University Until early last year, it was widely accepted that biofuels such as ethanol significantly reduce total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to gasoline. Then, a high-profile study using indirect land use change (ILUC) analysis suggested biofuels may have worse GHG performance than petroleum-based fuels. An uproar resulted in the related academic and business communities. Today, the issue is still far from resolved. The basi
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