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. 2012 Apr 2;5:19. doi: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-19

Table 7.

Cumulative Energy Demands

Impact Category- Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Non-renewable, fossil 0.224 0.219 0.215 0.212 0.207 0.198

Renewable, biomass 1.04 1.04 1.04 1.04 1.04 1.04

*Others 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.011 0.011

Total 1.28 1.27 1.27 1.26 1.26 1.25

*Others include non-renewable biomass and renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind and water, that may be used in the process. The Group 1 column lists the energy demands for cultivation of wild-type Camelina seed; columns under Groups 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 list demands for cultivating genetically modified plants with various levels of yield improvement (10%, 20%, 30%, 50% and 100% mass increases per unit area, respectively). Cells contain ratios of MJ (input)/MJ (output).