LEADER 04189nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910820966103321 005 20240417021308.0 010 $a1-84964-560-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067287 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520810 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11372108 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520810 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10517802 035 $a(PQKB)10636608 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386247 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386247 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479749 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL986713 035 $a(OCoLC)730518203 035 $a(PPN)153885629 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067287 100 $a20110714d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAgrofuels $ebig profits, ruined lives and ecological destruction /$fFranc?ois Houtart ; translated by Victoria Bawtree ; with the collaboration of Bosco Bashangwa Mpozi, Beinvenue Lutumba Bukassa and Geoffrey Geuens ; foreword by Walden Bello 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cPluto Press$d2010 215 $axi, 196 p 225 1 $aTransnational Institute series 300 $aFirst published in French as: L'agroe?nergie : Solution pour le climat ou sortie de crise pour le capital, by Couleur Livres (Charleroi, 2009). 311 $a0-7453-3013-4 311 $a0-7453-3012-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Energy and Development -- Exploiting Nature as a Source of Energy -- Energy in the Development Model -- Energy's Role in the Growth of Capitalism -- The Social and Ecological Effects of the Capitalist Development Model -- 2. The Twin Crises: Energy and Climate -- The Energy Crisis and Non-renewable Energy Sources -- The Climate Crisis or Global Warming -- 3. The Neoliberal Discourse on Climate Change -- First Stage: Denying or Playing Down Climate Change -- Second Stage: Promoting Market-friendly Solutions -- Problems with the Neoliberal Approach -- 4. Agrofuels and Agroenergy -- Characteristics of Agrofuels -- The Different Types of Agroenergy -- 5. Ethanol Production -- FROM SUGAR CANE -- In Brazil -- In Other Countries of the South -- In the Countries of the North -- 6. Agrodiesel Production -- FROM PALM OIL -- Origins and Characteristics -- Contemporary Production -- Personal Testimony from Colombia -- FROM JATROPHA CURCAS -- Origins and Characteristics -- Contemporary Production Programmes in Asia and Africa -- Plants Similar to Jatropha Curcas -- 7. The Collateral Effects of Agrofuels -- The Ecological Effects of Agrofuels -- The Social Effects of Agrofuels -- 8. The Socio-economic Dimensions of Agroenergy -- The Agricultural Model Underlying Agrofuels -- Economic and Financial Issues of Agrofuels -- Agrofuels and the Food Crisis -- Agrofuels and the Reproduction of Capital -- Agrofuels and the Development Model -- 9. Alternative Ways of Solving the Climate and Energy Crises and the Role of Agrofuels -- Solutions Envisaged and their Limitations -- Post-capitalist Logic of the Economy and a New Development Model -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index. 330 $aShows that agrofuels, once heralded as a solution to climate change, do more harm than good due to the capitalist system in which they are produced. 410 0$aTransnational Institute series. 606 $aEnergy crops industry 606 $aEnergy crops$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aEnergy crops$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aEnergy crops industry. 615 0$aEnergy crops$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aEnergy crops$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a333.9539 700 $aHoutart$b Franc?ois$0408847 701 $aHoutart$b Franc?ois$0408847 701 $aBawtree$b Victoria$0935872 701 $aMpozi$b Bosco Bashangwa$01651767 701 $aBukassa$b Beinvenue Lutumba$01651768 701 $aGeuens$b Geoffrey$01109735 701 $aBello$b Walden F$0288990 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820966103321 996 $aAgrofuels$94001919 997 $aUNINA