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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. and greenhouse gases, 90 RD&D, 90 transport and distribution challenges, 90 Biodiesel, 37, 62 n.17, 75, 89 Biofuels. See also Biochemical conversion; Biomass; Biomass-to-liquid fuels; Cellulosic ethanol; Coal-and-biomass-to-liquid fuels; Corn ethanol advanced, 66 biobutanol, 89 hydrocarbon fuels from biomass, 3-4 Biomass carbon issues, 72 co-fed coal, see Coal-and-biomass-to-liquid fuel cost of energy from, 58 on CRP lands, 89 electricity generation, see Biopower food/feed crop displacement, 89 greenhouse gas emissions, 69, 72 industrial use, 17 non-electricity applications, 32 sustainable production, 89 Biomass-to-liquid fuels. See also Biochemical conversion greenhouse gas emissions, 71, 91 supply of fuel from, 37 thermochemical conversion, 91 Biopower build time, 128 capacity, 128 carbon balance, 69 environmental impacts, 101 feedstock supply, 32 landfill gas fuel, 97 municipal solid waste fuel, 89, 97 sources, 97 technology description, 97 wood-based, 97 Biotechnology, 4 Brazil, 20 Buildings sector. See also Appliances; Commercial; Residential barriers to improving energy efficiency, 77 capital investment needs, 83 combined heat and power production, 83 conservation supply curves, 40, 82, 83 consumption of energy, 2, 14, 83 cooling and heating systems, 14, 41, 47, 83 cost-effectiveness of improvements, 41 cost of conserved energy, 45-46, 47, 48-49 drivers for improving, 84 electricity consumption, 41, 42, 47 energy codes, 38-39 n.1, 40, 50, 88 energy efficiency, 2, 38-39 n.1, 40-41, 42, 47-49, 87-88 integrated (whole-building) approaches, 84 natural gas consumption, 14, 15, 17, 24, 37, 41, 48-49 payback period for technologies, 82 potential energy savings, 47-49, 50, 83 projected energy demand, 41, 42 regulatory policies, 87 retail price of energy, 47-48, 83 windows, 84 Bush (George H.W.), administration, 26 Bush (George W.), administration, 26 Business-as-usual reference case, xi, 36 alternative transportation fuels, 93-94 deployment of technologies, 93-94 energy efficiency improvement, 2 energy supply and consumption, 12, 36 fossil fuels, 11 industrial sector, 2 transportation sector, 2
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