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Fontes (em inglês)

• Bullis, Kevin. "Will cellulosic ethanol take off?" Technology Review. February 26, 2007. 
  
• Clark, Giles. "Plant protein may aid biofuel production." Biofuel Review. April 30, 2007. 
• English, Burton C., et al. "Estimated Economic Impacts on the Agricultural Sector and the Nation's Economy of Supplying Feedstock to an Energy Sector." University of Tennessee. August 22, 2007. 
  
• Grumet, Jason. "Hearing on Energy Security and Oil Dependence." U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. May 16, 2006. 
  
• Hirsch, Robert L., et al. "Peaking of world oil production: Impacts, mitigation and risk management." SAIC. 
  
• Lang, Susan S. "Cornell ecologist's study finds that producing ethanol and biodiesel from corn and other crops is not worth the energy." Cornell University. July 5, 2005. 
  
• Ratliff, Evan. "The plant that will save America: The chemistry." Wired, pp 160-161. October 2007.
• Woolsey, James R. Hearings on grains, cane and automobiles: Tax incentives for alternative fuels and vehicles." U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. April 19, 2007. 
  
• "Environmental benefits." U.S. Dept. of Energy. October 4, 2007. 
  
• "Petroleum Flow, 2006." Energy Information Administration. 
  
• "Switchgrass research aims to create ethanol to power vehicles at $1 per gallon." Newswise. December 4, 2006.