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Biofuels

Vol. 474 No. 7352_supp ppS1-S43

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Biofuels have big boots to fill. After more than 150 years, we have become dependent on petroleum and its products. First generation biofuels are showing us both the potential and the pitfalls of this sustainable technology – second and subsequent generations could help us realize a fossil-fuel-free future.

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Biofuels
- Michelle Grayson
Nature 474, S1 (23 June 2011)
Introduction: Next-generation biofuels
- Peter Fairley
Nature 474, S2–S5 (23 June 2011)
Agriculture: Beyond food versus fuel
- Duncan Graham-Rowe
Nature 474, S6–S8 (23 June 2011)
Fuel options: The ideal biofuel
- Neil Savage
Nature 474, S9–S11 (23 June 2011)
Lignocellulose: A chewy problem
- Katharine Sanderson
Nature 474, S12–S14 (23 June 2011)
Algae: The scum solution
- Neil Savage
Nature 474, S15–S16 (23 June 2011)
Perspective: Don’t foul the water
- Jeremy Martin
Nature 474, S17 (23 June 2011)
Local benefits: The seeds of an economy
- Natasha Gilbert
Nature 474, S18–S19 (23 June 2011)
Perspective: A new hope for Africa
- Lee R. Lynd & Jeremy Woods
Nature 474, S20-S21 (23 June 2011)
Policy: Fuelling politics
- Martin Robbins
Nature 474, S22–S24 (23 June 2011)
Perspective: Lessons from Brazil
- Marcia Moraes
Nature 474, S25 (23 June 2011)

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Direct impacts on local climate of sugar-cane expansion in Brazil
- Scott R. Loarie
- David B. Lobell
- Gregory P. Asner
- Qiaozhen Mu
- Christopher B. Field
Nature Climate Change 1, 105-109 (17 April 2011)
Microbial production of fatty-acid-derived fuels and chemicals from plant biomass
- Eric J. Steen
- Yisheng Kang
- Gregory Bokinsky
- Zhihao Hu
- Andreas Schirmer
- Amy McClure
- Stephen B. del Cardayre
- Jay D. Keasling
Nature 463, 559-562 (28 January 2010)
Engineering for biofuels: exploiting innate microbial capacity or importing biosynthetic potential?
- Hal Alper
- Gregory Stephanopoulos
Nature Reviews Microbiology 7, 715-723 (October 2009)

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Biofuels

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Outlook

Biofuels

Introduction: Next-generation biofuels

Agriculture: Beyond food versus fuel

Fuel options: The ideal biofuel

Lignocellulose: A chewy problem

Algae: The scum solution

Perspective: Don’t foul the water

Local benefits: The seeds of an economy

Perspective: A new hope for Africa

Policy: Fuelling politics

Perspective: Lessons from Brazil

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Direct impacts on local climate of sugar-cane expansion in Brazil

Microbial production of fatty-acid-derived fuels and chemicals from plant biomass

Engineering for biofuels: exploiting innate microbial capacity or importing biosynthetic potential?

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