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Book Synopsis The Biofuels Deception by : Okbazghi Yohannes
Download or read book The Biofuels Deception written by Okbazghi Yohannes and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the pitfalls of a biotech-funded green energy of an economy, and its consequences for our planet's future There is by now no question among informed people that the Earth is undergoing severe climate change – soon to become catastrophic, if humans don’t take drastic measures to stop it. Heroically into the fray steps the biofuel industry, announcing to millions of anxious consumers that this eco-crisis can be averted if only they turn away from fossil fuels, to the saving power of synthetic bioproducts. But, although eliminating fossil fuels is essential, the manufacture of biofuels has far more to do with sating profit-hungry corporations than with saving the Earth. Combining meticulous scientific narrative with devastating economic analysis, The Biofuels Deception argues that the seemingly innovative, hopeful campaign for “green energy” is actually driven by bio-technology industries and global grain-trading corporations. These corporate players are motivated by a late-capitalist need to cope with a crisis of accumulation; they have no real interest in mitigating climate-change, alleviating poverty, or even creating “clean” energy. In fact, the manufacture of biochemical, bioplastics, and biomaterials, writes Okbazghi Yohannes, portends horrific contradictions and disastrous consequences for nature and society. Actually confronting climate change and the rampant inequality it engenders, Yohannes says, requires two steps. The first is to understand the driving socioeconomic forces behind the biofuels industry. The second is to unravel the tapestry of deceit itself. This book is a necessity for any scholar or environmental activist interested in seeing beyond corporate chimeras to actual environmental solutions.
Book Synopsis BIOFUELS DECEPTION by : OKBAZGHI. YOHANNES
Download or read book BIOFUELS DECEPTION written by OKBAZGHI. YOHANNES and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The First Generation Biofuels Deception by : Boon Cheong Chew
Download or read book The First Generation Biofuels Deception written by Boon Cheong Chew and published by UTeM Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ISBN 978-967-2145-22-6 Author : Boon Cheong Chew This book focuses mainly on the UK 1G biofuels implementation and suggested that the ubiquity of the 1G biofuels sustainability issues do not adequately explain the controversy which has created. Insted, the social-technical curtain of this 1G biofuels deployment, which could be trace from 2008 when the 1G biofuels were firstly commenced and deployed in UK under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation 2008. This book presents the evidence and implications of the 1G biofuels controversy: ‘food-fuel competition’ and ‘biodiversity threatened’ (termed as systemic risks), while further discussed the confluence social factors which have caused these systemic risks to happen during UK 1G biofuels deployment.
Book Synopsis Another Inconvenient Truth: How biofuel policies are deepening poverty and accelerating climate change by : Robert Bailey
Download or read book Another Inconvenient Truth: How biofuel policies are deepening poverty and accelerating climate change written by Robert Bailey and published by Oxfam. This book was released on with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book BIOFUELS written by B. Bharathiraja and published by MJP Publisher. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today the world is facing three critical problems: (i) High fuel prices, (ii) Climatic changes (iii) Air pollution. Currently there are several important problems to be resolved worldwide: (1) high need for energy, (2) high depletion of non-renewable energy resources and (3) high local and global environmental pollution. This book “Biofuels - A Promising alternate for next generation fuels” deals with the production of biofuels. The biggest difference between biofuels and petroleum feedstock is oxygen content. Biofuels have oxygen levels from 10% to 45% while petroleum has essentially none making the chemical properties of biofuels very different from petroleum. Oxygenates are just pre-used hydrocarbons having a structure that provides a reasonable antiknock value. Most traditional biofuels, such as ethanol from corn, wheat, or sugar beets, and biodiesel from oil seeds, are produced from classic agricultural food crops that require high-quality agricultural land for growth. The term biofuel is referred to as liquid or gaseous fuels for the transport sector that are predominantly produced from biomass. There are several reasons for biofuels to be considered as relevant technologies by both developing and industrialized countries. They include energy security reasons, environmental concerns, foreign exchange savings, and socioeconomic issues related to the rural sector. Biomass can be converted to biofuels through various methods like chemical, such as biomethanol and biodiesel production, thermochemical, such as bio-oil, bio-syngas, biohydrogen production, and biochemical, such as bioethanol, biogas, biodiesel and biohydrogen production.
Download or read book The Climate Crisis written by Adam Aron and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why, despite all we know about the causes and harms of global heating, has so little effective action been taken to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and what we can do to change that? This book explains the mechanisms and impacts of the climate crisis, traces the history and reasons behind the lack of serious effort to combat it, describes some people's ongoing scepticism and how to shift it, and motivates an urgent program of action. It argues that the pathway to stopping dangerous global heating will require a much larger mobilization of advocacy and activism to impel decision makers to abandon fossil fuels, and transition to renewable energy and electrification embedded in a political and social framework guided by justice principles. It is an excellent resource for students and researchers on the climate crisis, the need for a renewable energy transition, and the current blocks to progress.
Book Synopsis Legal Experiments for Development in Latin America by : Helena Alviar García
Download or read book Legal Experiments for Development in Latin America written by Helena Alviar García and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a nuanced picture of how diverse legal debates on the pursuit of economic development and modernization have played out in Latin America since independence. The opposing concepts of modernization theory and Dependency Theory can be seen to be playing out within the field of legal transformation, as some legal analysts define law as a closed, formal, rational system, and others see law as inseparable from economic, social and political change. Legal experiments have followed these trends, in some cases using legal instruments to guarantee classical, civil and political rights, and in others demanding radical transformation of existing legal structures. This book traces these debates across the key topics of: economic development and foreign investment; property; resource and power distribution in terms of gender and social policy. Drawing on a wide range of literature, the book adds complexity and color to our understanding of these themes in Latin America. This insightful exploration of comparative law within Latin America provides the tools needed to understand legal transformation in the region, and as such will be of interest to researchers within law, political sociology, development and Latin American studies.
Download or read book Biodiesel written by Greg Pahl and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Has world oil output peaked? Recent price spikes and dwindling reserves have spurred fears that we are fast approaching the critical tipping point that will trigger severe global economic depression, political instability, and human suffering.
Book Synopsis Biofuels from Food Waste by : Antoine Prandota Trzcinski
Download or read book Biofuels from Food Waste written by Antoine Prandota Trzcinski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the UN's Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO), one third of food produced globally for human consumption (nearly 1.3 billion tons) is lost annually. Food waste has often been incinerated with other combustible municipal wastes for possible recovery of heat or other forms of energy, however, incineration is not cost-effective, and can cause air pollution. Due to its organics- and nutrient-rich nature, food waste could be viewed as a useful resource for production of high-value platform chemicals through fermentation. This book examines the bioconversion of food wastes to energy and the recent developments in ethanol, hydrogen, methane, and biodiesel production from food wastes.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :1092 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2017: Justification of the budget estimates: Commission on Civil Rights; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; International Trade Commission; Legal Services Corporation; Marine Mammal Commission; Office of the United States Trade Representative; State Justice Institute by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Download or read book Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2017: Justification of the budget estimates: Commission on Civil Rights; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; International Trade Commission; Legal Services Corporation; Marine Mammal Commission; Office of the United States Trade Representative; State Justice Institute written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biofuel from Microbes and Plants by : Nitish Kumar
Download or read book Biofuel from Microbes and Plants written by Nitish Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Global concern for energy security and environmental protection has put great emphasis on the search for alternative energy sources, particularly for the transport sector. Biofuels have emerged as a highly promising source of alternative energy, and have drawn global R&D for their production using biomass. With the increasing worldwide demand of energy along with the depletion of conventional fossil fuel reserves, there has been growing global interest in developing alternative sources of energy. There has also been concern in growing economies regarding energy security. Biofuels offer much promise on these frontiers. In addition to the above, they also have a reduced environmental impact in comparison to fossil fuels. Biofuels provides state-of-the-art information on the status of biofuel production and related aspects. Academics, researchers, engineers and technologists will develop a greater understanding of the relevant concepts and solutions to the global issues related to achieving alternative energy application for future energy security, as well as environmental sustainability in medium and large-scale industries. Key Features Detailed overview of the alternative energy field and the role of biofuels as new energy sources Gives a detailed account of the production of biodiesel from non conventional bio-feedstocks such as algae, microbes and vegetable oils Recent updates about biotechnological improvement of plant and microbial source for biofuel production"--
Book Synopsis Conservation and Management of Tropical Rainforests, 2nd Edition by : Eberhard F Bruenig
Download or read book Conservation and Management of Tropical Rainforests, 2nd Edition written by Eberhard F Bruenig and published by CABI. This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Conservation and Management of Tropical Rainforests applies the large body of knowledge, experience and tradition available to those who study tropical rainforests. Revised and updated in light of developments in science, technology, economics, politics, etc. and their effects on tropical forests, it describes the principles of integrated conservation and management that lead to sustainability, identifying the unifying phenomena that regulate the processes within the rainforest and that are fundamental to the ecosystem viability. Features of the natural forest and the socio-cultural ecosystems which can be mimicked in the design of self-sustaining forests are also discussed. A holistic approach to the management and conservation of rainforests is developed throughout the book. The focus on South-East Asian forestry will be widened to include Africa and Latin America. Recent controversial issues such as biofuels and carbon credits with respect to tropical forests and their inhabitants will be discussed. This book is a substantial contribution to the literature, it is a valuable resource for all those concerned with rainforests.
Download or read book Toxic Deception written by Dan Fagin and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two prize-winning investigative journalists expose the secretive world of the chemical giants, unearthing questions disturbing enough to shake America's faith in the household products that permeate its daily life.
Download or read book Acres, U.S.A. written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cases in Environmental Politics by : Norman Miller
Download or read book Cases in Environmental Politics written by Norman Miller and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As with Miller's 'Environmental Politics', this casebook emphasizes the struggle for power among stakeholders in environmental politics and policy-making. Each case is presented through a narrative introduction and three or four primary source documents that illustrate whose interests are at stake.
Download or read book Deception written by Selena Montgomery and published by Avon. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always on the run . . . Playing the odds has always been Fin Borders' forte. She knows when to get out to keep from losing everything. But an innocent woman has been accused of murder, and to help, Fin will have to go back to the small southern town of her birth. It's a place she's been running from her entire life, a place of violence, where she got by with nothing more than her wits. Returning to Hallden, Georgia, means facing the ghosts of a brutal crime that Fin will never forget—and risking her own life. But Fin isn't the only one in Hallden hunting for a killer. FBI Special Agent Caleb Matthews is deep undercover, hiding his true identity and his own desperate history. Working alone is far too dangerous, so he and Fin must learn to trust each other. But as they grow closer, they are unprepared for the passion that takes hold . . . and the shocking deception that could destroy everything they hold dear.
Download or read book Congressional Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
