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Introduction to Biofuels (Paperback)
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Introduction to Biofuels (Paperback)
Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series
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What role will biofuels play in the scientific portfolio that might
bring energy independence and security, revitalize rural
infrastructures, and wean us off of our addiction to oil? The
shifting energy landscape of the 21st century, with its increased
demand for renewable energy technology, poses a worrying challenge.
Discussing the multidisciplinary study of bioenergy and its
potential for replacing fossil fuels in the coming decades,
Introduction to Biofuels provides a roadmap for understanding the
broad sweep of technological, sociological, and energy policy
issues that intermingle and intertwine. Copiously illustrated and
with numerous examples, this book explores key technologies,
including biotechnology, bioprocessing, and genetic reprogramming
of microorganisms. The author examines the future of biofuels from
a broader perspective, addressing the economic, social, and
environmental issues crucial for studying the sustainable
development of bioenergy. Each chapter begins with questions and
provides the answers later in the chapter as key informational
points. Embedded Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
sections provide detailed derivations and equations for a subset of
topics that can be found easily as buzzwords in popular media and
on web sites. Together, the STEM topics form a thread of essential
technologies and a guide to how researchers have established
quantitative parameters that are crucial to the ever-growing
biofuels database. With so much information scattered throughout
the literature, it is often difficult to make sense of what is real
and what is an optimistic selling of ideas with no scientific
credibility. This book does an excellent job of filtering through
volumes of data, providing a historical perspective on which to
anchor the information, and outlining the strengths and constraints
of the different biofuels.
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