TY - GEN
T1 - Water use in biofuel crop production
AU - Ottman, Michael J.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Biofuel production has increased in the US due to government policy of energy independence and security. Ethanol can be produced from a variety of crops including grain, sugar, cellulose, and oil seed crops. The primary biofuel crop in the US, corn, uses less water than some crops but more than others. Producing corn for biofuels in the US has resulted in less irrigation water application to crops, since corn is irrigated with less water than the crops it has replaced, such as cotton. By 2030, water withdrawals for biofuel crops are projected at 4% of the total worldwide, but will be 22% of the total in the US, or 2-3 times that amount depending on irrigation water application to cellulosic ethanol crops.
AB - Biofuel production has increased in the US due to government policy of energy independence and security. Ethanol can be produced from a variety of crops including grain, sugar, cellulose, and oil seed crops. The primary biofuel crop in the US, corn, uses less water than some crops but more than others. Producing corn for biofuels in the US has resulted in less irrigation water application to crops, since corn is irrigated with less water than the crops it has replaced, such as cotton. By 2030, water withdrawals for biofuel crops are projected at 4% of the total worldwide, but will be 22% of the total in the US, or 2-3 times that amount depending on irrigation water application to cellulosic ethanol crops.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649790523
SN - 9780841200050
T3 - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
BT - American Chemical Society - 238th National Meeting and Exposition, ACS 2009, Abstracts of Scientific Papers
T2 - 238th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009
Y2 - 16 August 2009 through 20 August 2009
ER -