Ethanol as fuel: Energy, carbon dioxide balances, and ecological footprint

BioScience

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 593-602

  Dias De Oliveira, Marcelo E ^a   Vaughan, Burton E ^b   Rykiel Jr , Edward J ^b  

^a Apartment 10 ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 balance; Ecological footprint; Energy balance; Environmental impacts; Fuel ethanol

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444439897     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0593:EAFECD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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