Squaring biofuels with food

摘要

In their discussion of land-use issues pertaining to biofuels ("In Defense of Biofuels, Done Right," Issues, Spring 2009) Keith Kline, Virginia H. Dale, Russell Lee, and Paul Leiby highlight results from a recent interagency assessment [the Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI), 2008] based on analyses of current land use and U.S. Department of Agriculture baseline projections. The BRDI study finds that anticipated U.S.