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Aquifers will affect whether more biomass can be scaled up for biofuel production. Some of the most important aquifers in the US are being pumped and depleted faster than they are being recharged, potentially reducing rather than increasing crop production.
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Friedemann, A.J. (2021). Grow More Biomass: Dwindling Groundwater. In: Life after Fossil Fuels. Lecture Notes in Energy, vol 81. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70335-6_19
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