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Biomass such as wood and crops will need to replace natural gas, coal, and oil someday. Is that physically possible?
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Friedemann, A.J. (2016). Post Fossil Fuels, If Biomass Is the “Answer to Everything,” Is There Enough?. In: When Trucks Stop Running. SpringerBriefs in Energy(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26375-5_8
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