Renewable energy from wood and paper: technological and cultural implications

Technology in Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-177

  Collins, Lyndhurst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY RESOURCES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INNOVATION; PAPER; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WOOD;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

EID: 0032052396     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-791X(98)00001-3     Document Type: Article

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