Over the next 10 year, the commission said biofuels have the potential to cost-effectively displace significant quantities of petroleum fuels. The report cites research completed by the UC Davis Institute for Transportation Studies, which determined biomass resources could be used to produce from 1.5 billion to 2 billion gallons of diesel equivalent biofuel annually. However, nearly half that potential feedstock base consists of agricultural prunings and forest management remains for which there is not yet an economic cellulosic or gasification process technology.
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