Biofuels, Solar and Wind as Renewable Energy Systems : Benefits and Risks /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Pimentel, D. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
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505 0 |a Renewable and Solar Energy Technologies: Energy and Environmental Issues -- Can the Earth Deliver the Biomass-for-Fuel we Demand? -- A Review of the Economic Rewards and Risks of Ethanol Production -- Subsidies to Ethanol in the United States -- Peak Oil, EROI, Investments and the Economy in an Uncertain Future -- Wind Power: Benefits and Limitations -- Renewable Diesel -- Complex Systems Thinking and Renewable Energy Systems -- Sugarcane and Ethanol Production and Carbon Dioxide Balances -- Biomass Fuel Cycle Boundaries and Parameters: Current Practice and Proposed Methodology -- Our Food and Fuel Future -- A Framework for Energy Alternatives: Net Energy, Liebig’s Law and Multi-criteria Analysis -- Bio-Ethanol Production in Brazil -- Ethanol Production: Energy and Economic Issues Related to U.S. and Brazilian Sugarcane -- Ethanol Production Using Corn, Switchgrass and Wood; Biodiesel Production Using Soybean -- Developing Energy Crops for Thermal Applications: Optimizing Fuel Quality, Energy Security and GHG Mitigation -- Organic and Sustainable Agriculture and Energy Conservation -- Biofuel Production in Italy and Europe: Benefits and Costs, in the Light of the Present European Union Biofuel Policy -- The Power Density of Ethanol from Brazilian Sugarcane -- A Brief Discussion on Algae for Oil Production: Energy Issues. 
650 0 |a Environmental management. 
650 0 |a Renewable energy resources. 
650 0 |a Environment. 
650 0 |a Energy policy. 
650 0 |a Energy and state. 
650 0 |a Sustainable development. 
650 1 4 |a Environmental Management. 
650 2 4 |a Renewable and Green Energy. 
650 2 4 |a Environment, general. 
650 2 4 |a Renewable and Green Energy. 
650 2 4 |a Energy Policy, Economics and Management. 
650 2 4 |a Sustainable Development. 
700 1 |a Pimentel, D.  |e editor. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 |t Springer eBooks