Crop-based biofuels and associated environmental concerns

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 479-484

  Smith, Keith A ^a,b   Searchinger, Timothy D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Pomeroy Villas   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Additionality; Crop based biofuels; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Indirect land use change; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ADDITIONALITY; BIOENERGY CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; INDIRECT LAND-USE CHANGES; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NITROUS OXIDE;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84866489244     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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