Grand challenges for life-cycle assessment of biofuels

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1751-1756

  McKone, T E ^a,b,c   Nazaroff, W W ^a,c   Berck, P ^a,c   Auffhammer, M ^a,c   Lipman, T ^a,c   Torn, M S ^a,b,c   Masanet, E ^a,c   Lobscheid, A ^b,c   Santero, N ^a,c   Mishra, U ^a,c   Barrett, A ^a,c   Bomberg, M ^a,c   Fingerman, K ^a,c   Scown, C ^a,c   Strogen, B ^a,c   Horvath, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Energy Biosciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; GRAND CHALLENGE; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; PETROLEUM-DERIVED FUELS;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOFUELS;

ALCOHOL; BIOETHANOL; BIOFUEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOFUEL; FOOTPRINT; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PETROLEUM; RESOURCE USE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CORN; ENERGY; HEALTH HAZARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; SUGARCANE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; BIOFUELS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 79952131156     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103579c     Document Type: Article

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