Biofuels for Road Transport A Seed to Wheel Perspective /

• Main Authors: Reijnders, Lucas (Author), Huijbregts, Mark (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Automotive engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Automotive Engineering.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed to Wheel Perspective provides a review of the history, the current status and the impact of biofuels used in road transport, across the full ‘seed-to-wheel’ life cycle of these fuels. Successive chapters cover many issues relevant to the current debate on biofuels...

Table of Contents:

• Transport Biofuels: Their Characteristics, Production and Costs
• Energy Balance: Cumulative Fossil Fuel Demand and Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency of Transport Biofuels
• Non-energy Natural Resource Demand
• Climate Effects and Non-greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Transport Biofuel Life Cycles
• The Impact of Expanded Biofuel Production on Living Nature
• Frequently Asked Questions in the Transport Biofuel Debate.