Expanding Biofuel Production and the Transition to Advanced Biofuels: Lessons for Sustainability from the Upper Midwest: Summary of a Workshop

by National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Science and Technology for Sustainability Program

Book Overview

While energy prices, energy security, and climate change are front and center in the national media, these issues are often framed to the exclusion of the broader issue of sustainability--ensuring that the production and use of biofuels do not compromise the needs of future generations by recognizing the need to protect life-support systems, promote economic growth, and improve societal welfare. Thus, it is important to understand the effects of biofuel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030914714X
• ISBN13: 9780309147149
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.