Current biofuels: Ethanol

Per m2:
grain 0.9 kg ~ 15.3 MJ
straw 0.65 kg ~ 9.7 MJ
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Total biomass  25.0 MJ

Biomass efficiency ~ 0.7% from solar input

ethanol product 7.4 MJ
processing etc -6.7 MJ
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net             0.7 MJ

Ethanol efficiency  2.8% from biomass


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