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Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels
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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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Advances in Agroecology
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- chapter one Biofuels cause malnutrition in the world
- chapter two Biofuel and the world population problem
- chapter three Energy cropping in marginal land: Viable option or fairy tale?
- chapter four Can switchgrass deliver the ethanol needed to power U.S. transportation?
- chapter five Biofuels, climate change, and human population
- chapter six Uncertain prospects for sustainable energy in the United Kingdom
- chapter seven Net energy balance and carbon footprint of biofuel from corn and sugarcane
- chapter eight Water, food, and biofuels
- chapter nine The potential of Onondaga County to feed its own population and that of Syracuse, New York: Past, present, and future
- chapter ten Energy production from corn, cellulosic, and algae biomass
- chapter eleven Biofuels and world food and society issues
- chapter twelve The potential of algae and jatropha as biofuel sources
- chapter thirteen Crop residues for biofuel and increased soil erosion hazards
- chapter fourteen Biofuels, foods, livestock, and the environment