Bibliography - Timothy Searchinger

1. Searchinger, Timothy, Steven P. Hamburg, J. M. Melillo, W. Chameides, Petr Havlik, Daniel M. Kammen, Gene E. Likens, Ruben N. Lubowski, M. Obersteiner, Michael Oppenheimer, G. Philip Robertson, William H. Schlesinger, and G. David Tilman, October 2009: Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting Error. Science, Washington, D.C., American Association for the Advancement of Science, 326(5952), doi:10.1126/science.1178797 527-528
   [ Abstract ]

   The accounting now used for assessing compliance with carbon limits in the Kyoto Protocol and in climate legislation contains a far-reaching but fixable flaw that will severely undermine greenhouse gas reduction goals (1). It does not count CO₂ emitted from tailpipes and smokestacks when bioenergy is being used, but it also does not count changes in emissions from land use when biomass for energy is harvested or grown. This accounting erroneously treats all bioenergy as carbon neutral regardless of the source of the biomass, which may cause large differences in net emissions. For example, the clearing of long-established forests to burn wood or to grow energy crops is counted as a 100% reduction in energy emissions despite causing large releases of carbon.

2. Tilman, D., Robert H. Socolow, J. A. Foley, J. Hill, Eric Larson, L. R. Lynd, Stephen W. Pacala, J. Reilly, Timothy Searchinger, C. Sommerville, and Robert H. Williams, July 2009: Beneficial Biofuels - The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma. Science, Washington, D.C., American Association for the Advancement of Science, 325(5938), doi:10.1126/science.1177970 270-271
   [ Abstract ]

   Exploiting multiple feedstocks, under new policies and accounting rules, to balance biofuel production, food security, and greenhouse-gas reduction.
   Dramatic improvements in policy and technology are needed to meet global demand for both food and biofuel feedstocks.

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