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How Green Are Biofuels?
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Many biofuels are associated with lower greenhouse-gas emissions but have greater aggregate environmental costs than gasoline.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Scharlemann, J. P. W., & Laurance, W. F.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2008-01-04
- Volume
- 319
- Issue
- 5859
- Pages
- 43-44
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2096704267
- Cited by
- 435
- References
- 12
- FWCI
- 60.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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