Soil Quality and Biofuel Production
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Soil Quality and Biofuel Production

  1. 222 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Soil Quality and Biofuel Production

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From its humble beginning in the late 19th centurywhen Henry Ford's first car was designed to run on ethanolbiofuel production has been on the rise with more than 26 billion liters produced in the U.S. in 2007. Ethanol made from biomass (rather than grains) holds great promise, including numerous economic and environmental benefits. However, the ad

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Yes, you can access Soil Quality and Biofuel Production by Rattan Lal, B.A. Stewart, Rattan Lal,B.A. Stewart in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Biology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781439800737
eBook ISBN
9781000006834

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Editors
  5. Contributors
  6. Chapter 1. Soil Processes and Residue Harvest Management
  7. Chapter 2. Soil Quality Impacts of Residue Removal for Biofuel Feedstock
  8. Chapter 3. Ecological Consequences of Biofuels
  9. Chapter 4. Land Use in Production of Raw Materials for Biofuels
  10. Chapter 5. Corn and Cellulosic Ethanol Problems and Soil Erosion
  11. Chapter 6. Ethanol Production from Sugarcane and Soil Quality
  12. Chapter 7. Economic Balance: Competition between Food Production and Biofuels Expansion
  13. Chapter 8. Opportunities and Challenges of Biofuel Production
  14. Index
  15. Back cover