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of biofuels in our society and to come up with alternatives, policies and choices to
advance the key technologies for a more sustainable future.
Acknowledgments
Authors greatly acknowledge funds from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
(Projects CTQ2007-65754/PPQ, CTQ2008-01330/BQU, ENE2007-65490/ALT and HI2008-
0229), Spanish International Cooperation Agency AECID (project PCI-C/019212/08) and Junta
de Andalucía (FQM-191, TEP-169 and P07 FQM-02695), cofinanced with FEDER funds.
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