RFA: DOE Researchers Find Indirect Land Use Change Impact Minimal to Zero

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: October 20, 2010

Washington—The unproven notion that expanded U.S. ethanol production means new acres around the world must be brought into cultivation is taking another blow.

In a soon-to-be published paper, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory conclude that indirect land use change (ILUC) resulting from expanded corn ethanol production over the past decade has likely been “minimal to zero.”

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