Biofuels for Road Transport A Seed to Wheel Perspective /

• Main Authors: Reijnders, Lucas. (Author), Huijbregts, Mark. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Biotechnology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Automotive Engineering.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-138-5

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 Resources 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.