Fuel Ethanol Produced from Midwest U.S. Corn: Help or Hindrance to the Vision of Kyoto?

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 756-772

  Wang, Michael ^a   Saricks, Christopher ^a   Wu, May ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NALCO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FUEL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CORN; ENERGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032765103     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.1999.10463846     Document Type: Article

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