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Sweet fuel : a political and environmental history of Brazilian ethanol / Jennifer Eaglin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eaglin, Jennifer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethanol as fuel--Brazil.
- Ethanol as fuel.
- Biomass energy--Brazil.
- Biomass energy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Sweet Fuel traces the Brazilian industry's growth from the 1930s to the 2000s. The book examines the political investment and associated environmental and social costs that transformed Brazilian ethanol into a unique solution to the energy crisis of the 1970s and later a global solution to the climate crisis of the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Eaglin, Jennifer Sweet Fuel
- ISBN:
- 9780197510704
- 9780197510711
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