Advances in Biofuels

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pogaku, Ravindra (Editor), Sarbatly, Rosalam Hj (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Biochemical engineering.; Electric power production.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Biochemical Engineering.; Energy Technology.

Biofuels will play a key role in the 21st century as the world faces two critical problems; volatile fuel prices and global climatic changes. Both of these are linked to the overdependence on the fossil fuels: petroleum, natural gas, and coal. Transportation is almost totally dependent on petroleum...