The charcoal vision: A win-win-win scenario for simultaneously producing bioenergy, permanently sequestering carbon, while improving soil and water quality

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 178-181

  Laird, David A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CROPS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GAS EMISSIONS; NUTRIENTS; PYROLYSIS; RAW MATERIALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

BIOENERGY; PYROLYZERS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 38349105697     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0161     Document Type: Article

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