agrofuel

English

Etymology

agro- +‎ fuel

Noun

agrofuel (usually uncountable, plural agrofuels)

Any biofuel produced by agricultural means.
- 2009 May 31, Elizabeth Royte, “The Forest Dumbledore”, in New York Times‎:
  He continues: “It is madness to suppose we would make a significant difference by using more energy-efficient lightbulbs and using agrofuels rather than oil, or that city dwellers can or would take up a rural farming or a hunter-gatherer lifestyle: given our numbers there is no land.”

Translations

any biofuel produced by agricultural means

Portuguese: agrocombustível m
Spanish: agrocombustible m

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