Research Article

Induced Land Use Emissions due to First and Second Generation Biofuels and Uncertainty in Land Use Emission Factors

Table 2

Cost structures of advanced biofuel producers (percentage of total costs).

Cost itemsBiogasolineEthanol
MiscanthusSwitchgrassStoverMiscanthusSwitchgrassStover

Feedstock54.651.947.742.940.239.2
Chemicals0.00.00.015.616.318.8
Energy1.01.01.14.14.24.9
Other costs10.511.112.117.518.315.0
Labor 2.22.42.64.44.65.3
Capital31.833.736.615.616.316.9

Total100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0

For details see Taheripour et al. [10].