Ethanol as Fuel: Energy, Carbon Dioxide Balances, and Ecological Footprint
Open Access
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 55 (7), 593-602
- https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0593:eafecd]2.0.co;2
Abstract
The major contributor to global warming is considered to be the high levels of greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), caused by tKeywords
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