Greater transportation energy and GHG offsets from bioelectricity than ethanol

Science

Volumn 324, Issue 5930, 2009, Pages 1055-1057

  Campbell, J E ^a,b   Lobell, D B ^c   Field, C B ^d  

^a Merced   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

BIOENERGETICS; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPLAND; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MOTOR VEHICLES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 66249115660     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1168885     Document Type: Article

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