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Costs and GHG Emissions of Various Liquid Fuel Feedstocks. 140. Last Spike Price/Barrel. 120. PRODUCTION COST (USD/BARREL OF OIL EQUIVALENT). Cellulosic ethanol. Biodiesel (soybeans). 100. Current Price/Barrel. Oil shale. 80. Corn ethanol. 60.
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Costs and GHG Emissions of Various Liquid Fuel Feedstocks 140 Last Spike Price/Barrel 120 PRODUCTION COST (USD/BARREL OF OIL EQUIVALENT) Cellulosic ethanol Biodiesel (soybeans) 100 Current Price/Barrel Oil shale 80 Corn ethanol 60 Range of most crude oil price forecasts over 20 years 40 Coal-to-liquids 20 Tar sands 0 -100 -50 0 50 100 PERCENT OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS RELATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL OIL Timberland Strategies Slide Adapted from Newell 2006, Sedjo and Sohngen, 2009, RFF