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Amanda D Cuéllar and Michael E Webber 2008 Environ. Res. Lett. 3 034002 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/3/3/034002

Cow power: the energy and emissions benefits of converting manure to biogas

Amanda D Cuéllar1 and Michael E Webber2,3,4

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