Thinking clearly about biofuels: Ending the irrelevant 'net energy' debate and developing better performance metrics for alternative fuels

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-17

  Dale, Bruce E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Fossil fuels; Megajoule (MJ); Metrics; Net energy

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE METRICS; FUEL ETHANOL; MEGAJOULE (MJ); NET ENERGY; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PETROLEUM RESOURCES;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

EID: 47049113423     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.5     Document Type: Article

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