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Miscanthus has been enthusiastically promoted as a second
generation biomass crop, and this book provides a comprehensive
review of this knowledge. Miscanthus, also known as elephant grass,
is a high yielding grass crop that grows over three metres tall,
resembles bamboo and produces a crop every year without the need
for replanting or fertiliser application . The rapid growth, low
mineral content, and high biomass yield of Miscanthus increasingly
make it a favourite choice as a biofuel, outperforming switchgrass
and other alternatives. There is over 20 years of research evidence
to support its promotion as a second generation biomass crop. The
author reviews many field measurements of yields as well as the
physiology of the crop, and why it is so productive while at the
same time requiring low inputs to grow it. It also shows how as a
key biofuel crop it can contribute to mitigating climate change and
how uptake of the adoption of Miscanthus production can be
promoted, particularly in Europe and North America. The book will
be key reading for students taking courses in the areas of
Environmental Science and Engineering, Climate Change Impacts,
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation. It will also be of
interest to researchers of second generation biomass crops, and
policy developers working in biofuel production and utilization.
Miscanthus has been enthusiastically promoted as a second
generation biomass crop, and this book provides a comprehensive
review of this knowledge. Miscanthus, also known as elephant grass,
is a high yielding grass crop that grows over three metres tall,
resembles bamboo and produces a crop every year without the need
for replanting or fertiliser application . The rapid growth, low
mineral content, and high biomass yield of Miscanthus increasingly
make it a favourite choice as a biofuel, outperforming switchgrass
and other alternatives. There is over 20 years of research evidence
to support its promotion as a second generation biomass crop. The
author reviews many field measurements of yields as well as the
physiology of the crop, and why it is so productive while at the
same time requiring low inputs to grow it. It also shows how as a
key biofuel crop it can contribute to mitigating climate change and
how uptake of the adoption of Miscanthus production can be
promoted, particularly in Europe and North America. The book will
be key reading for students taking courses in the areas of
Environmental Science and Engineering, Climate Change Impacts,
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation. It will also be of
interest to researchers of second generation biomass crops, and
policy developers working in biofuel production and utilization.
After the Race recounts the unraveling of the family Reed. and the
raw, serpentine trails the father-son pair of Wayne-an Army Special
Forces veteran whose reckless pursuit of contentment propels the
story-and Charles-a gifted runner whose effortless successes on the
track contrast his struggles everywhere else-blaze through, over
and around Wayne's worsening alcoholism and deteriorating mental
health. The plot ricochets between vaulted ceilings-an enormous
financial windfall, near misses on distance running records,
romance and reunion-and concrete basement floors-arrests,
bar-fights, accidents, near-death experiences, the Blizzard of
1993, and the collapse of North American Honeybee populations. The
result is a character-driven exploration of the tension between
appetite and restraint, between gunpowder and glue, set deep in
Virginia apple country, along the northern rim of the Shenandoah
Valley.
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