The Biofuel Delusion
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-86697-3 (ISBN)
In this definitive expos Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi present a theoretical framework and exhaustive evidence for the case against large scale biofuel production from agricultural crops. This book will be vital, sobering reading for anyone concerned with energy or agricultural policy, or bioenergy as a complex system.
Mario Giampietro is an ICREAn Research Professor at the Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Spain. Kozo Mayumi is a Professor at the University of Tokushima, Japan.
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
Verlagsort | London |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 476 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
ISBN-10 | 1-138-86697-0 / 1138866970 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-86697-3 / 9781138866973 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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