Biofuels and sustainability

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1185, Issue , 2010, Pages 119-134

  Solomon, Barry D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass energy; Carbon dioxide; Cellulosic ethanol; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; PALM OIL; RAPESEED OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ENERGY; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORN; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EUROPE; FOOD; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; LAND USE; LIQUID; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUGARCANE; SWEDEN; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WOOD;

BRASSICA NAPUS; MISCANTHUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 76849102772     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05279.x     Document Type: Article

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