Biodiesel: A new Oildorado?

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1675-1684

  Frondel, Manuel ^a   Peters, Jörg ^a  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Greenhouse gas emissions; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIOFUELS; ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE; RAPESEED-BASED BIODIESEL;

DIESEL FUELS;

BIOFUEL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 33845245856     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.04.022     Document Type: Article

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