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Division B Estimated typical and default values for future biofuels that were not on the market or were on the market only in negligible quantities in January 2008, if produced with no net carbon emissions from land-use change

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Biofuel production pathwayTypical greenhouse gas emission savingDefault greenhouse gas emission saving
wheat straw ethanol87 %85 %
waste wood ethanol80 %74 %
farmed wood ethanol76 %70 %
waste wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel95 %95 %
farmed wood Fischer-Tropsch diesel93 %93 %
waste wood dimethylether (DME)95 %95 %
farmed wood DME92 %92 %
waste wood methanol94 %94 %
farmed wood methanol91 %91 %
the part from renewable sources of methyl-tertio-butyl-ether (MTBE)Equal to that of the methanol production pathway used