The biofuel delusion : the fallacy of large-scale agro-biofuel production /
By: Giampietro, M. (Mario).
Contributor(s): Mayumi, Kozo.
Publisher: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009Description: xviii, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781844076819 (hardback); 9781844076819:; 1844076814 (hardback).Subject(s): Biomass energy -- Environmental aspects | Biomass energy -- Economic aspects | Biomass energy -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 333.9539| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword by Vaclav Smil -- Foreword by Jerome Ravetz -- 1. Can we solve the agro-biofuel riddle? -- 2. Learning from the past -- 3. Not everything that burns is a fuel -- 4. Pattern of societal metabolism across levels: a crash course in bioeconomics -- 5. Assessment of the quality of alternative energy sources -- 6. Neglect of available wisdom -- 7. Reality check on the feasibility and desirability of agro-biofuels -- 8. Agro-biofuel production is no good for rural development -- 9. Living in denial -- 10. Where do we go from here? -- Appendix 1 - Basic theoretical concepts behind the analysis of societal metabolism -- Appendix 2 - Examples of grammars and applications of bioeconomics.
In this book, the authors present exhaustive evidence for the case against large scale biofuel production from agricultural crops. They argue that biofuels cannot provide a sustainable energy solution and that large scale use will lead to shortages of power and food as well as destroying biodiversity and damaging our climate.