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Biofuels, solar and wind as renewable energy systems
benefits and risks
by David Pimentel
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Subjects
Biomass energy,
Solar energy,
Wind power,
Renewable energy sources,
Erneuerbare Energien,
Environmental sciences,
Engineering economy,
Sustainable development,
Environment,
Environment, general,
Renewable Energy Sources,
Energy Economics,
Sustainable Development
Book Details
Table of Contents
Renewable and solar energy technologies : energy and environmental issues / David Pimentel
Can the Earth deliver the biomass-for-fuel we demand? / Tad W. Patzek
A review of the economic rewards and risks of ethanol production / David Swenson
Subsidies to ethanol in the United States / Doug Koplow and Ronald Steenblik
Peak oil, EROI, investments and the economy in an uncertain future / Charles A.S. Hall, Robert Powers and William Schoenberg
Wind power : benefits and limitations / Andrew R.B. Ferguson
Renewable diesel / Robert Rapier
Complex systems thinking and renewable energy systems / Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi
Sugarcane and ethanol production and carbon dioxide balances / Marcelo Dias De Oliveira
Biomass fuel cycle boundaries and parameters : current practice and proposed methodology / Tom Gangwer
Our food and fuel future / Edwin Kessler
A framework for energy alternatives : net energy, Liebig's law and multi-criteria analysis / Nathan John Hagens and Kenneth Mulder
Bio-ethanol production in Brazil / Robert M. Boddey, Luis Henrique de B. Soares, Bruno J.R. Alves and Segundo Urquiaga
Ethanol production : energy and economic issues related to U.S. and Brazilian sugarcane / David Pimentel and Tad W. Patzek
Ethanol production using corn, switchgrass, and wood ; Biodiesel production using soybean / David Pimentel and Tad Patzek
Developing energy crops for thermal applications : optimizing fuel quality, energy security and GHG mitigation / Roger Samson, Claudia Ho Lem, Stephanie Bailey Stamler and Jeroen Dooper
Organic and sustainable agriculture and energy conservation / Tiziano Gomiero and Maurizio G. Paoletti
Biofuel production in Italy and Europe : benefits and costs, in the light of the present European Union biofuel policy / Sergio Ulgiati, Daniela Russi and Marco Raugei
The power density of ethanol from Brazilian sugarcane / Andrew R.B. Ferguson
A brief discussion on algae for oil production : energy issues / David Pimentel.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Published in
- [Dordrecht, Netherlands], New York
Classifications
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Library of Congress
- TJ808 .B54 2008, GE300-350TJ807-830GE, GE300-350, TJ808 .B56 2008
The Physical Object
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Pagination
- xxi, 504 p. : Number of pages
- 504
Edition Identifiers
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Open Library
- OL25184115M Internet Archive
- biofuelssolarwin00pime ISBN 10
- 1402086539, 1402086547 ISBN 13
- 9781402086533, 9781402086540 LCCN
- 2008931413 OCLC/WorldCat
- 233934516
Work Identifiers
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Work ID
- OL16483995W
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