A joint biofuels systems analysis project, “90-Billion Gallon Biofuel Deployment Study,”
conducted by Sandia National Laboratories and the General Motors Research and Development Center,
assessed the feasibility, implication, limitations, and enablers of largescale production of biofuels in
the U.S. [2]. This study concluded that producing 90 billion gallons (341 billion liters)
of biofuels from biomass each year in the U.S. is feasible [3]. Sensitivity analysis also demonstrated that cellulosic biofuels
can compete with oil at a reasonable price based on specific assumptions [3].