Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Pimentel, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Biofuels and food are dependent on the same resources for production: land, water, and energy. The conjuncture of food, energy, and climate crises demands a new direction in how to harness agriculture to the joint tasks of energy-saving, emissions reduction, and food security. Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels focuses on the all

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 453
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040210437
• Artikelnr.: 72583323

Autorenporträt

David Pimentel, Ph.D., is Professor of Ecology of Agricultural Sciences in the Department of Entomology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University. His research and consulting accomplishments cut across many disciplines. Dr. Pimentel has served on Presidential Commissions and National Academy of Sciences' Boards and Committees. He has authored nearly 700 scientific publications, written three books, and edited 34 books.

Inhaltsangabe

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.