Handbook of bioenergy economics and policy [electronic resource] / Madhu Khanna, Jürgen Scheffran, David Zilberman.
Concerns about energy security, uncertainty about oil prices, declining oil reserves, and global climate change are fueling a shift towards bioenergy as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Public policies and private investments around the globe are aiming to increase local capacity to produce...
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Part I Introduction; 1 Bioenergy Economics and Policy: Introduction and Overview; 2 Are Biofuels the Best Use of Sunlight?; 3 Perennial Grasses as Second-Generation Sustainable Feedstocks Without Conflict with Food Production; 4 Present and Future Possibilities for the Deconstructionand Utilization of Lignocellulosic Biomass; Part II Interactions Between Biofuels, Agricultural Markets and Trade; 5 Price Transmission in the US Ethanol Market.