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Bioelectricity better than biofuels for transport

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Crops give more kilometres per hectare if used to power electric vehicles.

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  1. Campbell, J. E., Lobell, D. B. & Field, C. B. Science doi: 10.1126/science.1168885 (2009).

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Tollefson, J. Bioelectricity better than biofuels for transport. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.450

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