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Bassam, N.El
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Kok, M.T.J.
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Kooreman, P.
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Ralph, E.H.S.
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Rouwendal, J.
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Sims, R.E.H.
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Van Rompaey, R.S.A.R.
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Zwerver, S.
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van Staalduinen, L.
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Summary The use of biomass to produce bioenergy in order to provide a wide range of energy services (heat, light, comfort, entertainment, information, mobility etc.), and to produce biomaterials as substitutes for those presently manufactured from petro-chemicals, is an integrating response to a number of global problems. These include equity, development, energy supply security, rural employment, and climate change mitigation. Biomass provides fuel flexibility to match a wide range of energy demands and is a renewable energy source that can be stored, which is an advantage over several other forms of renewable energy. It has been identified by the European Union as a significant contributor to its 12% renewable...
The relevance of econometric studies of ownership and use of private cars for environmental issues is sketched and some recent results are reviewed.
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