Ethanol from corn: Clean renewable fuel for the future, or drain on our resources and pockets?

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-336

  Patzek, Tad W ^a   Anti, S M ^a   Campos, R ^a   Ha, K W ^a   Lee, J ^a   Li, B ^a   Padnick, J ^a   Yee, S A ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Corn; Energy balance; Ethanol; Fuel; Nitrate; Oxygenate; Pollution; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ETHANOL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 11144350808     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-004-7317-4     Document Type: Article

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