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An Overview of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel Life Cycles

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USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Sheehan, John, USDA, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States), Camobreco, Vince, Duffield, James, Graboski, Michael, Shapouri, Housein·1998

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This overview is extracted from a detailed, comprehensive report entitled Life Cycle Inventories of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel for Use in an Urban Bus. This report presents the findings from a study of the life cycle inventories (LCIs) for petroleum diesel and biodiesel. An LCI comprehensively quantifies all the energy and environmental flows associated with a product from “cradle to grave.” It provides information on raw materials extracted from the environment; energy resources consumed; and air, water, and solid waste emissions generated.

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USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), O. O. S. T. B. T. O. (., Sheehan, J., USDA, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), G., Camobreco, V., Duffield, J., Graboski, M., & Shapouri, H.
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USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), O. O. S. T. B. T. O. (., Sheehan, J., USDA, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), G., Camobreco, V., Duffield, J., Graboski, M., & Shapouri, H. (1998). An Overview of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel Life Cycles. https://doi.org/10.2172/1218368

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