Can solar fuels avert an imminent petroleum fuel crisis?

Science Progress

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-223

  Rhodes, Christopher J ^a  

^a Fresh lands Environmental Actions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Fischer tropsch; Globalization; Hydrogen; Localisation; Peak oil; Solar energy; Solar fuels; Transition town

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84862504903     PISSN: 00368504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/003685012X13363997634966     Document Type: Article

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