Agrofuels : big profits, ruined lives and ecological destruction / François Houtart ; translated by Victoria Bawtree ; with the collaboration of Bosco Bashangwa Mpozi, Beinvenue Lutumba Bukassa and Geoffrey Geuens ; foreword by Walden Bello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houtart, François.

Contributor:

Houtart, François.

Bawtree, Victoria.

Mpozi, Bosco Bashangwa.

Bukassa, Beinvenue Lutumba.

Geuens, Geoffrey.

Bello, Walden F.

Series:

Transnational Institute series.

Transnational Institute series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy crops industry.

Energy crops--Environmental aspects.

Energy crops.

Energy crops--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

xi, 196 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shows that agrofuels, once heralded as a solution to climate change, do more harm than good due to the capitalist system in which they are produced.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Preface

1. Energy and Development

Exploiting Nature as a Source of Energy

Energy in the Development Model

Energy's Role in the Growth of Capitalism

The Social and Ecological Effects of the Capitalist Development Model

2. The Twin Crises: Energy and Climate

The Energy Crisis and Non-renewable Energy Sources

The Climate Crisis or Global Warming

3. The Neoliberal Discourse on Climate Change

First Stage: Denying or Playing Down Climate Change

Second Stage: Promoting Market-friendly Solutions

Problems with the Neoliberal Approach

4. Agrofuels and Agroenergy

Characteristics of Agrofuels

The Different Types of Agroenergy

5. Ethanol Production

FROM SUGAR CANE

In Brazil

In Other Countries of the South

In the Countries of the North

6. Agrodiesel Production

FROM PALM OIL

Origins and Characteristics

Contemporary Production

Personal Testimony from Colombia

FROM JATROPHA CURCAS

Contemporary Production Programmes in Asia and Africa

Plants Similar to Jatropha Curcas

7. The Collateral Effects of Agrofuels

The Ecological Effects of Agrofuels

The Social Effects of Agrofuels

8. The Socio-economic Dimensions of Agroenergy

The Agricultural Model Underlying Agrofuels

Economic and Financial Issues of Agrofuels

Agrofuels and the Food Crisis

Agrofuels and the Reproduction of Capital

Agrofuels and the Development Model

9. Alternative Ways of Solving the Climate and Energy Crises and the Role of Agrofuels

Solutions Envisaged and their Limitations

Post-capitalist Logic of the Economy and a New Development Model

Glossary

Notes

Index.

Notes:

First published in French as: L'agroénergie : Solution pour le climat ou sortie de crise pour le capital, by Couleur Livres (Charleroi, 2009).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Houtart, François. Agroénergie. English.

ISBN:

9781849645607

1849645604

OCLC:

730518203