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The Biofuels Deception

Author : Okbazghi Yohannes
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1583677046
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (836 download)

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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 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

BIOFUELS DECEPTION

Author : OKBAZGHI. YOHANNES
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789350026687
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (266 download)

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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:

The First Generation Biofuels Deception

Author : Boon Cheong Chew
Publisher : UTeM Press
ISBN 13 : 9672145225
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (721 download)

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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.

The Climate Crisis

Author : Adam Aron
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108991939
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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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.

Legal Experiments for Development in Latin America

Author : Helena Alviar García
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000386996
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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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.

Deception

Author : Selena Montgomery
Publisher : Avon
ISBN 13 : 9780061376054
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (76 download)

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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.

Conservation and Management of Tropical Rainforests, 2nd Edition

Author : Eberhard F Bruenig
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1780641400
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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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 419 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.

Biofuels and Bioenergy (BICE2016)

Author : S. Suresh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319472577
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Biofuels and Bioenergy (BICE2016) written by S. Suresh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These conference proceedings provide a comprehensive overview of and in-depth technical information on all possible bioenergy resources (solid, liquid, and gaseous), including cutting-edge themes such as advanced fuels and biogas. The book includes current state-of-the-art topics ranging from feedstocks and cost-effective conversion processes to biofuels economic analysis and environmental policy, and features case studies and quizzes for each section derived from the implementation of actual hands-on biofuel projects to aid learning. It offers readers a starting point on this challenging and exciting path. The central concepts are defined and explained in the context of process applications under various topics. By focussing on the pertinent fundamental principles in the environment and energy sciences and by repeatedly emphasizing the importance of their correlation, it offers a strong foundation for future study and practice. Learning about fundamental properties and mechanisms on an ongoing basis is absolutely essential for long-term professional viability in a technically vibrant area such as nanotechnology. The book has been written for undergraduate and graduate students in chemical, energy and environment engineering. However, selected sections can provide the basis for courses in civil, mechanical or electrical engineering. It includes a self-contained presentation of the key concepts of energy resources, solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, nuclear energy, biomass conversion technology and agricultural-waste processing. Throughout it interweaves descriptive material on sustainable development, clean coal technology, green technology, solid-waste management and lifecycle assessments. It offers an introduction to these topics rather than comprehensive coverage of the themes and their in-depth fundamentals.

Acres, U.S.A.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1080 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Can the Working Class Change the World?

Author : Michael D. Yates
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1583677127
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Can the Working Class Change the World? written by Michael D. Yates and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the horrors of the capitalist system is that slave labor, which was central to the formation and growth of capitalism itself, is still fully able to coexist alongside wage labor. But, as Karl Marx points out, it is the fact of being paid for one's work that validates capitalism as a viable socio-economic structure. Beneath this veil of “free commerce” – where workers are paid only for a portion of their workday, and buyers and sellers in the marketplace face each other as “equals” – lies a foundation of immense inequality. Yet workers have always rebelled. They've organized unions, struck, picketed, boycotted, formed political organizations and parties – sometimes they have actually won and improved their lives. But, Marx argued, because capitalism is the apotheosis of class society, it must be the last class society: it must, therefore, be destroyed. And only the working class, said Marx, is capable of creating that change. In his timely and innovative book, Michael D. Yates asks if the working class can, indeed, change the world. Deftly factoring in such contemporary elements as sharp changes in the rise of identity politics and the nature of work, itself, Yates asks if there can, in fact, be a thing called the working class? If so, how might it overcome inherent divisions of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, location – to become a cohesive and radical force for change? Forcefully and without illusions, Yates supports his arguments with relevant, clearly explained data, historical examples, and his own personal experiences. This book is a sophisticated and prescient understanding of the working class, and what all of us might do to change the world.

The Lomborg Deception

Author : Howard Friel
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300161344
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Lomborg Deception written by Howard Friel and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major assessment of leading climate-change skeptic Bjørn Lomborg, Howard Friel meticulously deconstructs the Danish statistician’s claim that global warming is “no catastrophe” by exposing the systematic misrepresentations and partial accounting that are at the core of climate skepticism. His detailed analysis serves not only as a guide to reading the global warming skeptics, but also as a model for assessing the state of climate science. With attention to the complexities of climate-related phenomena across a range of areas—from Arctic sea ice to the Antarctic ice sheet—The Lomborg Deception also offers readers an enlightening review of some of today’s most urgent climate concerns. Friel’s book is the first to respond directly to Lomborg’s controversial research as published in The Skeptical Environmentalist (2001) and Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming (2007). His close reading of Lomborg’s textual claims and supporting footnotes reveals a lengthy list of findings that will rock climate skeptics and their allies in the government and news media, demonstrating that the published peer-reviewed climate science, as assessed mainly by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has had it mostly right—even if somewhat conservatively right—all along. Friel’s able defense of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth against Lomborg’s repeated attacks is by itself worth an attentive reading.

Winning Without Victory

Author : Rolf A. F. Witzsche
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 189704688X
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Winning Without Victory written by Rolf A. F. Witzsche and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel presents the third of the nine-part series by Witzsche. The series is designed to explore the great renaissance principle, the Principle of Universal Love and its power to enrich humanity and uplift civilization. (Philosophy)

The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success

Author : Mark Jaccard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108479375
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success written by Mark Jaccard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows readers how we can all help solve the climate crisis by focusing on a few key, achievable actions.

Don't Sell Your Coat

Author : Harold Ambler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615569048
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Don't Sell Your Coat written by Harold Ambler and published by . This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not very long ago, scientists, politicians, and journalists were seemingly unanimous: Global warming had already damaged nature, and things were only going to get worse. Snow was rapidly becoming a thing of the past; summers were becoming hotter; storms were becoming more violent; droughts and floods were becoming more intense. This was a nightmare. In the end, though, little of this was true. And the whole idea of climate change was based on a lie: that weather and climate used to be nice. They weren't. As for our own time, snow cover is increasing; summertime heating is negligible; hurricanes are diminishing; droughts and floods both used to be worse. The real nightmare is the politics suffusing modern climate science and the effects this is having on every resident of planet Earth. Don't Sell Your Coat, besides bearing a suggestion for its readers, brings to the public the scientific argument that global cooling is as likely a scenario for the next few decades as any of the nightmares of Al Gore. It also allows non-scientists to enter the debate about climate change armed with facts and to have a sense of humor while they do so.

How to Rig an Election

Author : Nic Cheeseman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300235216
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book How to Rig an Election written by Nic Cheeseman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing analysis of the pseudo-democratic methods employed by despots around the world to retain control Contrary to what is commonly believed, authoritarian leaders who agree to hold elections are generally able to remain in power longer than autocrats who refuse to allow the populace to vote. In this engaging and provocative book, Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas expose the limitations of national elections as a means of promoting democratization, and reveal the six essential strategies that dictators use to undermine the electoral process in order to guarantee victory for themselves. Based on their firsthand experiences as election watchers and their hundreds of interviews with presidents, prime ministers, diplomats, election officials, and conspirators, Cheeseman and Klaas document instances of election rigging from Argentina to Zimbabwe, including notable examples from Brazil, India, Nigeria, Russia, and the United States—touching on the 2016 election. This eye-opening study offers a sobering overview of corrupted professional politics, while providing fertile intellectual ground for the development of new solutions for protecting democracy from authoritarian subversion.

Beyond Smoke and Mirrors

Author : Burton Richter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139486721
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Smoke and Mirrors written by Burton Richter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This book assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustainable energy provision. Burton Richter is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who has served on many US and international review committees on climate change and energy issues. He provides a concise overview of our knowledge and uncertainties within climate change science , discusses current energy demand and supply patterns, and the energy options available to cut emissions of greenhouse gases. Written in non-technical language, this book presents a balanced view of options for moving from our heavy reliance on fossil fuels into a much more sustainable energy system, and is accessible to a wide range of readers without scientific backgrounds - students, policymakers, and the concerned citizen.

Climate of Corruption

Author : Larry Bell
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1608320839
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Climate of Corruption written by Larry Bell and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A startling and authoritative look at the special-interest groups that have corrupted the climate change debate.