Sustainable Biofuels: An Ecological Assessment of the Future Energy (Ecosystem Science and Applications)

ISBN 10: 3110554666 ISBN 13: 9783110554663

Verlag: De Gruyter, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

With oil resources approaching their limits, biofuels have become increasingly attractive. This book provides a detailed description of the ecological implications of second and third generation biofuel feedstock production systems, beginning with an introduction to the importance of ecological sustainability alongside economic viability. The book is divided into sections describing theoretical foundation and benefits of various biofuel cropping systems, and providing a description of practical ecological limitations to achieve those fundamental benefits. The book covers such critical issues as greenhouse gas emissions, carbon balance, water cycle components, other biogeochemical and socioeconomic interactions alongside life cycle analysis principals for achieving sustainability. These are some of the most important sustainability, environmental and economic issues which biofuel industry and scientific community is seeking answers to.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj, Michigan State University, MI, USA; Terenzio Zenone and Jiquan Chen, University of Toledo, OH, USA.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3110554666
• ISBN 13: 9783110554663
• Einband: Broschiert
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
• Herausgeber: Bhardwaj
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Walter de Gruyter GmbH; productsafety@degruyterbrill.com; ; Genthiner Straße 13; Berlin; 10785; Deutschland