Comment on "Indirect land use change for biofuels: Testing predictions and improving analytical methodologies" by Kim and Dale: Statistical reliability and the definition of the indirect land use change (iLUC) issue

Michael O'Hare; Mark Delucchi; Robert Edwards; Uwe Fritsche; Holly Gibbs; Thomas Hertel; Jason Hill; Daniel Kammen; David Laborde; Luisa Marelli; Declan Mulligan; Richard Plevin; Wallace Tyner

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.004

Comment on "Indirect land use change for biofuels: Testing predictions and improving analytical methodologies" by Kim and Dale: Statistical reliability and the definition of the indirect land use change (iLUC) issue

Michael O'Hare, Mark Delucchi, Robert Edwards, Uwe Fritsche, Holly Gibbs, Thomas Hertel, Jason Hill, Daniel Kammen, David Laborde, Luisa Marelli, Declan Mulligan, Richard Plevin, Wallace Tyner

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"Indirect land use change for biofuels: Testing predictions and improving analytical methodologies" by S. Kim and B. Dale [1], presents a principal inference not supported by its results, that rests on a fundamental conceptual error, and that has no place in the current discussion of biofuels' climate effects. The paper takes correlation between two variables in a system with many interacting factors to indicate (or contraindicate) causation, and draws a completely incorrect inference from observed sample statistics and their significance levels.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4485-4487
Number of pages	3
Journal	Biomass and Bioenergy
Volume	35
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.004
State	Published - Oct 15 2011

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Agricultural markets
Biofuels
Corn ethanol
Global warming
Indirect land use change

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O'Hare, M., Delucchi, M., Edwards, R., Fritsche, U., Gibbs, H., Hertel, T., Hill, J., Kammen, D., Laborde, D., Marelli, L., Mulligan, D., Plevin, R., & Tyner, W. (2011). Comment on "Indirect land use change for biofuels: Testing predictions and improving analytical methodologies" by Kim and Dale: Statistical reliability and the definition of the indirect land use change (iLUC) issue. Biomass and Bioenergy, 35(10), 4485-4487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.004

Comment on "Indirect land use change for biofuels: Testing predictions and improving analytical methodologies" by Kim and Dale: Statistical reliability and the definition of the indirect land use change (iLUC) issue. / O'Hare, Michael; Delucchi, Mark; Edwards, Robert et al.
In: Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol. 35, No. 10, 15.10.2011, p. 4485-4487.

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O'Hare, M, Delucchi, M, Edwards, R, Fritsche, U, Gibbs, H, Hertel, T, Hill, J, Kammen, D, Laborde, D, Marelli, L, Mulligan, D, Plevin, R & Tyner, W 2011, 'Comment on "Indirect land use change for biofuels: Testing predictions and improving analytical methodologies" by Kim and Dale: Statistical reliability and the definition of the indirect land use change (iLUC) issue', Biomass and Bioenergy, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 4485-4487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.004

O'Hare M, Delucchi M, Edwards R, Fritsche U, Gibbs H, Hertel T et al. Comment on "Indirect land use change for biofuels: Testing predictions and improving analytical methodologies" by Kim and Dale: Statistical reliability and the definition of the indirect land use change (iLUC) issue. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2011 Oct 15;35(10):4485-4487. doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.08.004

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