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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| Authors: | Justus Wesseler |
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| Affiliation: | Social Science Department, Wageningen University, Postbus 8130, bode 129, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands |
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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. |
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| Keywords: | Energy balance Biomass Opportunity costs |
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