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U.S. farms and forests have the potential to supply enough biomass to meet the Renewable Fuels Standard and replace more than a third of petroleum use with bioenergy by 2030, according to the U.S. Billion-Ton Update. 

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NASA Earth Observatory: Where The Trees Are. Photo: Wikipedia.

• Introduction
   
• An In-Depth Look at the One-Billion Ton Goal
• Economics: The Impact of Price
• Two Scenarios: Baseline and High-Yield
• Land-Use Change
• Meeting the Mandate
• Summary
• For Additional Information
• Contributors to This