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Edible energy: balancing inputs and waste in food supply chain and biofuels from algae

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Energy is life. Without it there is no water, there is no nutrition. Man's ability to live, grow, produce wealth is closely linked to the energy availability and use. Fire has been the first energy conversion technology; since that moment, the link between energy and progress has been indissoluble. Nowadays, a much greater energy input into the food supply chain has made a much higher food production possible. This might have an impact on the water availability. Algae are a promising solution for the energy-food-water nexus.

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    Gianluca Alimonti

  2. Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Gianluca Alimonti, Riccardo Brambilla, Rosaria Pileci, Riccardo Romano & Luca Spinicci

  3. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Francesca Rosa

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Alimonti, G., Brambilla, R., Pileci, R. et al. Edible energy: balancing inputs and waste in food supply chain and biofuels from algae. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 132, 14 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11301-8

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