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Biofuels : sustainable energy in the 21st century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johanson, Paula
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Rosen Pub., 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:In the news (Rosen Publishing Group)
Subjects:
Biomass energy > Juvenile literature.
Bioénergie > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
Biomass energy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • contents
  • 1 A Progression of Fuels
  • The First Energy Crisis
  • Energy Source
  • Up in Smoke
  • Expectations for Energy Use
  • Modern or Old-Fashioned?
  • Transportation Fuel
  • 2 Existing Working Solutions from Biomass
  • An Oily Solution
  • Putting Greenhouse Gas to Good Use
  • Defining Agrofuel
  • Solution or New Problem?
  • Biomass Can Be Green
  • 3 Ethanol and Ethics
  • Changes in Demand
  • Ethanol for Energy Independence
  • Aquifer Use
  • Ethanol Ethics
  • 4 Microbes Contributing to Big Solutions
  • New Generation Fuels
  • How Marginal Is Marginal?
  • Genetically Modified Yeast
  • Frankenfood or Frankenfuel?
  • Algae
  • 5 The Best Biofuel
  • The Human Contribution
  • Legislating the Intentional Change to Biofuels
  • The International Industrial Revolution
  • International Meetings
  • Unequal Access to Energy Use
  • The UN Takes a Stand
  • Local Government Participation
  • More Than Three Rs
  • Glossary
  • For More Information
  • Web Sites
  • For Further Reading
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author
  • Photo Credits.