agrofuel

noun

ag·​ro·​fuel ¦a-(ˌ)grō-¦fyü(-ə)l 

plural agrofuels

: biofuel

The grain equivalent of the agrofuel needed to fill the 25 gallon tank (about 100 litres) of a single SUV just once could feed one person for a year.

—Susan George, Whose Crisis, Whose Future?, 2010

Word History

Etymology

agro- + fuel entry 1

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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