DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c40d95/a_quick_guide_to_b) has announced the addition of the "A Quick Guide to BioFuels: When the Oil Runs Out" report to their offering.
Biofuels can power Indy cars, automobiles, and airplanes as well as trucks and buses. Yet they are hotly debated:
- Do biofuels help slow global warming or contribute to atmospheric CO2?
- Will biofuels snatch food from the mouths of the world's poor?
- Are rainforests being decimated as biofuels reduce global biodiversity?
- Can we even afford biofuels?
One answer is easy: plants (biomass) are a potential alternative to the world's unhealthy addiction to fossil fuels, and especially to oil. The timeline of oil depletion be dangerously short. Mankind needs solutions for when the oil runs out as it eventually will. This book's ten chapters explain how to best use that important know how.
This is a concise and uncomplicated history, status and outlook for the biofuels agenda that is applicable for layman as well as the industry insider. The information presented here on this imperative topic is beneficial to everyone, whether you'll be financing biofuels, producing it or just pumping it into your fuel tank.
Summary:
- We are at a global energy crossroads today. We face challenges related to worldwide energy demand, greenhouse gas emissions, limited fossil fuel resources, and concerns regarding energy security.
- The public is increasingly beginning to embrace the concepts of environmental and economic sustainability.
- In this emerging and turbulent milieu, there are more questions than answers, and certainly no silver bullet solutions.
- There is broad consensus that renewable sources of plant and algal biomass could supply our future needs for energy, and materials.
- Many researchers and practitioners feel that a productive, vibrant and sustainable bio-based economy is not only possible but very likely in the near future. The success of such a bio-based economy will depend on various intertwined forces, including government policies, science and technology advances, agricultural and fuel infrastructure, public acceptance, and market dynamics.
Key Topics Covered:
1. The Global Oil Crisis"Peak Oil" now or soon?
2. What is, what isn't a biofuel?
3. Why are there so many biofuels?
4. What impact will biofuels have on the total fuel market?
5. Must the "Food or Fuels" continue to be an issue?
6. What is happening around the world in biofuels?
7. How will biofuels impact our liefstyle and ecomonies?
8. Oil companies: How have their positions over biofuels changed?
9. The Energy Landscape: What happens today, tomorrow, in the next 50 years?
10. Self Help: What can an individual citizen do?
*To view the reports full table of contents and for more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c40d95/a_quick_guide_to_b