How Green Are Biofuels?

2008/01/03 by Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, William F. Laurance · 4 citations
Engineering · Energy · #Biofuel production and bioconversion #Global Energy and Sustainability Research #Biodiesel Production and Applications

paper · doi:10.1126/science.1153103

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Abstract

Many biofuels are associated with lower greenhouse-gas emissions but have greater aggregate environmental costs than gasoline.

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