Ethanol production: Energy and economic issues related to U.S. and Brazilian sugarcane

Biofuels, Solar and Wind as Renewable Energy Systems: Benefits and Risks

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 357-371

  Pimentel, David ^a   Patzek, Tad W ^b  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Converting biomass; energy costs; environmental costs; subsidization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885989745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8654-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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