Biofuels are dead: long live biofuels(?) - part two

New Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 96-100

  Moore, Andrew ^a  

^a BioEssays Editorial Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

BIOFUELS;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYST; COST; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY YIELD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GASIFICATION; GENOMICS; PLANT GENOME; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 56949105255     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2008.07.001     Document Type: Note

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