Social, economic, environmental and policy aspects of biofuels

Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-109

  Demirbas, Ayhan ^a,b  

^a SIRNAK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SILA SCIENCE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Bioethanol; Biofuels; Social issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155123577     PISSN: 13087711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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