Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 635 g
Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 635 g
ISBN: 978-1-138-37436-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Key Features
- Discusses biofuels within the context of the world population problem, food, malnutrition, resource depletion, and climate change
- Asks the critical question whether the production of ethanol from corn, sugar cane, crop residues, and other organic materials has proven too costly in both economic and environmental terms
- Analyzes the uses and interdependencies among land, water, and fossil energy resources in food versus biofuel production
- Includes case studies on the economic and environmental impacts of biofuel production and use from the United States, Europe, Brazil, and tropical environments
- Explores the future production of biodiesel and ethanol from salt-water algae and tropical palms, while recognizing the technological problems that must be resolved in processing these materials
This book examines key environmental and economic issues associated with the production of ethanol as a fuel, from corn, sugar cane, crop residues, and other organic materials. It brings together the opinions of a number of U.S. scientists and experts from Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Brazil, and highlights the remarkable agreement among the contributors on the pros and cons of biofuels as an answer to future petroleum shortages. This mix of contributors and opinions presents a well-rounded view of the subject that puts a spotlight on unresolved concerns and complexities that are often overlooked.
Zielgruppe
Ecologists, agronomists, plant scientists, agricultural engineers, energy engineers, economists, environmental scientists, environmental chemists, weed scientists, biotechnologists, and social scientists.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
- Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
- Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Technologien für Fossile Energieträger
Weitere Infos & Material
Biofuels cause malnutrition in the world. Biofuel and the world population problem. Energy cropping in marginal land: Viable option or fairy tale? Can switchgrass deliver the ethanol needed to power U.S. transportation? Biofuels, climate change, and human population. Uncertain prospects for sustainable energy in the United Kingdom. Net energy balance and carbon footprint of biofuel from corn and sugarcane. Water, food, and biofuels. The potential of Onondaga County to feed its own population and that of Syracuse, New York: Past, present, and future. Energy production from corn, cellulosic, and algae biomass. Biofuels and world food and society issues. The potential of algae and jatropha as biofuel sources. Crop residues for biofuel and increased soil erosion hazards. Biofuels, foods, livestock, and the environment.