Study: Viable, Sustainable Biofuel Production Can Reduce US Petroleum Dependence

Renewable Energy World: "An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by 2030.

Interestingly according to the study, the domestic investment for biofuels production is projected to be virtually the same as the investment required to sustain long-term domestic petroleum production.

The '90-Billion Gallon Biofuel Deployment Study' was commissioned to assess whether and how a large volume of cellulosic biofuel could be sustainably produced, assuming technical and scientific progress continues at expected rates. The study was conducted over a period of nine months."