Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts

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. "Appendix H: Background Information on the Economic and Environmental Assessment of Biomass Supply." Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009.

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Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts

TABLE H.7 Estimated Opportunity Costs for Cellulosic Feedstocks (Net Returns Forgone by Producer from Not Using Cropland to Produce Next Best Crop or Product)

Type of Feedstock	Type of Cost	Cost per Acre (cited $)	Cost per Acre (2007$)	Reference
Corn stover	Feed value	59.5/ton	59.5/ton	Edwards (2007)
	2.4 tons/acre	142.8	142.8
Corn stover	Lost profits	22–58	22–58	Khanna and Dhungana (2007)
Switchgrass	Lost profits	78–231	78–231	Khanna and Dhungana (2007)
Switchgrass or Miscanthus	Lost profits	78	76	Khanna et al. (2008)
Miscanthus	Lost profits	78–231	78–231	Khanna and Dhungana (2007)
Nonspecific	Lost CRP^a payments if harvest every year	35	36	Mapemba et al. (2008)
Nonspecific	Lost CRP if harvest once every 3 years	10.1	10.4	Mapemba et al. (2008)
Nonspecific	Non-CRP land crops	10/ton	10.3/ton	Mapemba et al. (2008)
Nonspecific		78	76	Khanna et al. (2008)
Woody biomass	Alternative use		0–25	Summit Ridge Investments (2007)
Note: Opportunity costs were updated by using USDA-NASS agricultural-land rent prices from 1999 to 2007 (USDA-NASS, 2007a,b). ^aConservation Reserve Program.