Biofuel's carbon balance: Doubts, certainties and implications

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 801-814

  DeCicco, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBON MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; CLOSED-LOOP MODEL; FIRST-ORDER MODELS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM FUELS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIQUID FUELS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIOFUELS;

ABSORPTION; BIOFUEL; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84888257184     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0927-9     Document Type: Article

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