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Global economic and environmental aspects of biofuels / edited by David Pimentel.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Advances in agroecology ; 17.
- Advances in agroecology ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biomass energy--Economic aspects.
- Biomass energy.
- Biomass energy--Environmental aspects.
- Agricultural ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (449 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written by a distinguished team from seven countries and multiple disciplines including petroleum engineering, ecology, and meteorology, this reference discusses biofuels within the context of the world population problem and simultaneous malnutrition problem. The book analyzes the uses and interdependencies among land, water, and fossil energy resources in food versus biofuel production, and takes a look at the environmental problems associated with such, as well as the implications of food shortages and serious destruction of vital soil resources. It includes case studies on the economic and
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgment; About the Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1: Biofuels cause malnutrition in the world; Chapter 2: Biofuel and the world population problem; Chapter 4: Can switchgrass deliver the ethanol needed to power U.S. transportation?; Chapter 5: Biofuels, climate change, and human population; Chapter 6: Uncertain prospects for sustainable energy in the United Kingdom; Chapter 7: Net energy balance and carbon footprint of biofuel from corn and sugarcane; Chapter 8: Water, food, and biofuels
- Chapter 10: Energy production from corn, cellulosic, and algae biomassChapter 11: Biofuels and world food and society issues; Chapter 12: The potential of algae and jatropha as biofuel sources; Chapter 13: Crop residues for biofuel and increased soil erosion hazards; Chapter 14: Biofuels, foods, livestock, and the environment; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613525741
- 9781040210437
- 1040210430
- 9780429151811
- 0429151810
- 9781280121883
- 1280121882
- 9781439834640
- 1439834644
- OCLC:
- 781785757
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