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Robust paths to net greenhouse gas mitigation and negative emissions via advanced biofuels

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2020-09, Vol.117 (36), p.21968-21977 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. ;Copyright National Academy of Sciences Sep 8, 2020 ;Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. 2020 ;ISSN: 0027-8424 ;EISSN: 1091-6490 ;DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1920877117 ;PMID: 32839342

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Title:
Robust paths to net greenhouse gas mitigation and negative emissions via advanced biofuels
Author: Field, John L. ; Richard, Tom L. ; Smithwick, Erica A. H. ; Cai, Hao ; Laser, Mark S. ; LeBauer, David S. ; Long, Stephen P. ; Paustian, Keith ; Qin, Zhangcai ; Sheehan, John J. ; Smith, Pete ; Wang, Michael Q. ; Lynd, Lee R.
Subjects: BECCS ; Biodiesel fuels ; Biofuels ; Biofuels - adverse effects ; Biofuels - analysis ; Biological Sciences ; Biomass ; Biotechnology ; Carbon ; Carbon - analysis ; Carbon - metabolism ; Carbon sequestration ; Cellulose - chemistry ; Cellulose - metabolism ; Climate ; Computer simulation ; Crop yield ; Crops, Agricultural - chemistry ; Crops, Agricultural - metabolism ; Cultivation ; Ecosystem ; ecosystem modeling ; Ecosystem services ; Ecosystems ; Emissions ; Environment models ; Environmental changes ; Environmental restoration ; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ; Ethanol ; Ethanol - metabolism ; Fossil fuels ; Grasslands ; Greenhouse effect ; Greenhouse gases ; Greenhouse Gases - adverse effects ; Greenhouse Gases - analysis ; Harvesting ; Land use ; life cycle assessment ; Mitigation ; negative emissions ; Pasture ; Payback periods ; Physical Sciences ; Reforestation ; Renewable energy ; Restoration ; Robustness ; Supply chains ; Transportation industry
Is Part Of: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2020-09, Vol.117 (36), p.21968-21977
Description: Biofuel and bioenergy systems are integral to most climate stabilization scenarios for displacement of transport sector fossil fuel use and for producing negative emissions via carbon capture and storage (CCS). However, the net greenhouse gas mitigation benefit of such pathways is controversial due to concerns around ecosystem carbon losses from land use change and foregone sequestration benefits from alternative land uses. Here, we couple bottom-up ecosystem simulation with models of cellulosic biofuel production and CCS in order to track ecosystem and supply chain carbon flows for current and future biofuel systems, with comparison to competing land-based biological mitigation schemes. Analyzing three contrasting US case study sites, we show that on land transitioning out of crops or pasture, switchgrass cultivation for cellulosic ethanol production has per-hectare mitigation potential comparable to reforestation and severalfold greater than grassland restoration. In contrast, harvesting and converting existing secondary forest at those sites incurs large initial carbon debt requiring long payback periods. We also highlight how plausible future improvements in energy crop yields and biorefining technology together with CCS would achieve mitigation potential 4 and 15 times greater than forest and grassland restoration, respectively. Finally, we show that recent estimates of induced land use change are small relative to the opportunities for improving system performance that we quantify here. While climate and other ecosystem service benefits cannot be taken for granted from cellulosic biofuel deployment, our scenarios illustrate how conventional and carbon-negative biofuel systems could make a nearterm, robust, and distinctive contribution to the climate challenge.
Publisher: United States: National Academy of Sciences
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0027-8424
EISSN: 1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1920877117
PMID: 32839342
Source: PubMed Central (Open access)
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Robust paths to net greenhouse gas mitigation and negative emissions via advanced biofuels

Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. ;Copyright National Academy of Sciences Sep 8, 2020 ;Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. 2020 ;ISSN: 0027-8424 ;EISSN: 1091-6490 ;DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1920877117 ;PMID: 32839342

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