Biofuels (2009).pdf

EnErgy And

THE EnvironmEnT

Biofuels

EnErgy And

THE EnvironmEnT

Biofuels

JOHN TABAK, Ph.D.

To my parents, Claire and Leo Tabak

BIOFUELS

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Tabak, John.

Biofuels / John Tabak.

p. cm.—(Energy and the environment)

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ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-7082-4 (acid-free paper)

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1. Biomass energy. I. Title.

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