Environmental, economic, and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 11206-11210

  Hill, Jason ^a,b   Nelson, Erik ^a   Tilman, David ^a   Polasky, Stephen ^a   Tiffany, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Corn; Fossil fuel; Life cycle accounting; Soybean

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; DIESEL FUEL; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORN; COST; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOYBEAN;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; GASOLINE; HUMANS; PETROLEUM; SOYBEANS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33746655320     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0604600103     Document Type: Article

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