Biofuels: a survey on pros and cons

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1055-1066

  Petrou, Evangelos C ^a   Pappis, Costas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS; CONVENTIONAL FUELS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; SOCIAL IMPACTS;

FOSSIL FUELS; SURVEYS;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 64249165953     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef800806g     Document Type: Article

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