Environmental science - How green are biofuels?

被引:266
作者
Scharlemann, Jorn P. W. [1 ]
Laurance, William F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Balboa, Ancon, Panama
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D O I
10.1126/science.1153103
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Many biofuels are associated with lower greenhouse-gas emissions but have greater aggregate environmental costs than gasoline.
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