Goal: 25% renewable energy by 2025Not just corn: study finds up to 100 million acres needed for renewable energy crops; new commercial technologies also needed Duncan Mansfield Associated Press Environmental Writer
As many as 100 million acres of cropland and pastures would have to be dedicated to cultivating biomass fuels such as switchgrass to support a national goal of 25 percent renewable energy use by 2025, a University of Tennessee study says.
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