Growing America's fuel: An analysis of corn and cellulosic ethanol feasibility in the United States

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-380

  Somma, Dan ^a   Lobkowicz, Hope ^a   Deason, Jonathan P ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulosic ethanol Transportation fuel; Corn ethanol; Energy; Feedstock; Renewable fuels standard

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; BIOFUELS; CROPS; ENERGY SECURITY; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; SUPPLY CHAINS; TAXATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY; CORN-ETHANOL; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RENEWABLE FUELS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

CELLULOSIC ETHANOL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649835086     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-009-0234-3     Document Type: Article

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