Life cycle costing and externalities of palm oil biodiesel in Thailand

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 225-232

  Silalertruksa, Thapat ^a,b   Bonnet, Sébastien ^a,b   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a,b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b Ministry of Education   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Externalities; Life cycle cost; Palm oil biodiesel; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AVERAGE COST; BIODIESEL BLENDS; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CONVENTIONAL FUEL; COST COMPARISONS; COST COMPETITIVENESS; COST PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; EXTERNALITIES; FOSSIL ENERGY RESOURCES; INCOME ELASTICITIES; LIFE CYCLE COST; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; PALM METHYL ESTERS; PALM OIL; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRIORITY STRATEGY; PRODUCTION COST; SOCIAL BENEFITS; THAILAND; TOTAL COSTS; TRANSPORT SECTORS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BIODIESEL; BLENDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VEGETABLE OILS;

COSTS;

EID: 84858335193     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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