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Energy Sprawl Is the Largest Driver of Land Use Change in United States

Author: Anne M. Trainor, Robert I. McDonald, Joseph Fargione

Date: 2016

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Language: English

Type of resource: Peer reviewed publication

Topics: Land use, Sustainable energy

Analysis of the land use impacts of different energy sources, which concludes that biofuels would affect the largest area of land - and that energy efficiency is critically important.

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Organization: PLOS One