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biofuel carbon debt: a standalone construct

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Environmental science

the carbon released by clearing land to grow biofuel crops, which takes decades or centuries for biofuel savings to repay.

In environmental science, biofuel carbon debt refers to the carbon released by clearing land to grow biofuel crops, which takes decades or centuries for biofuel savings to repay. This meaning comes from Fargione (2008) in Science.[1]

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References

Fargione, J., Hill, J., Tilman, D., Polasky, S., & Hawthorne, P. (2008). Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt. Science, 319(5867), 1235-1238. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1152747

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