Global economic and environmental aspects of biofuels

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Pimentel, David, 1925-
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012.
SeriesAdvances in agroecology ; 17.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781439834640
Physical Descriptionxvii, 435 p. : ill., maps.

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Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. Biofuels cause malnutrition in the world / David Pimentel
  • ch. 2. Biofuel and the world population problem / Mario Giampietro and Sandra G.F. Bukkens
  • ch. 3. Energy cropping in marginal land : viable option or fairy tale? / Sandra Fahd, Salvatore Mellino, and Sergio Ulgiati
  • ch. 4. Can switchgrass deliver the ethanol needed to power U.S. transportation / Tad W. Patzek
  • ch. 5. Biofuels, climate change, and human population / Edwin Kessler
  • ch. 6. Uncertain prospects for sustainable energy in the United Kingdom / Andrew R.B. Ferguson
  • ch. 7. Net energy balance and carbon footprint of biofuel from corn and sugarcane / Claudinei Andreoli, David Pimentel, and Simone Pereira de Souza
  • ch. 8. Water, food, and biofuels / Claudinei Andreoli and David Pimentel
  • ch. 9. The potential of Onondaga County to feed its own population and that of Syracuse, New York : past, present, and future / Stephen B. Balogh ... [et al.]
  • ch. 10. Energy production from corn, cellulosic, and algae biomass / David Pimentel ... [et al.]
  • ch. 11. Biofuels and world food and society issues / Philip McMichael
  • ch. 12. The potential of algae and jatropha as biofuel sources / Robert Rapier
  • ch. 13. Crop residues for biofuel and increased soil erosion hazards / Rattan Lal
  • ch. 14. Biofuels, foods, livestock, and the environment / David Pimentel.