Biofuels, Solar and Wind as Renewable Energy Systems : Benefits and Risks - Pimentel, D.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
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.
Keywords: Environmental management; Renewable energy resources; Environment; Energy policy; Energy and state; Sustainable development; Environmental Management; Renewable and Green Energy; Environment, general; Renewable and Green Energy; Energy Policy, Economics and Management; Sustainable Development