A decade ago I scrutinized a gathering wave of #cellulosic #biofuel for @nature. That wave crashed and dissipated. I'm back now with a sober assessment of the R&D and smarter #regulation needed to put biofuels back on a socially + environmentally beneficial path.

Spoiler: It's a heavy lift. And even if biofuels can prove their sustainability, their market might be stolen by electrofuels produced with #hydrogen.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03649-w

A decade ago I scrutinized a gathering wave of 'advanced' biofuels for @nature (it's still one of my most cited works).
Today I'm back in Nature with a sober assessment of the R&D and smarter regulations required to put biofuels back on a socially + environmentally-beneficial path: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03649-w
#biofuels #biomass #cellulosic #soil #soilcarbon #lca #iluc #landuse #ethanol #renewablediesel #lcfs