Energy, bio fuels and development : comparing Brazil and the United States / / edited by Edmund Amann, Werner Baer and Donald V. Coes

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.790973
• Soggetto topico: Energy development - Brazil; Energy development - United States; Clean energy industries - Brazil; Clean energy industries - United States; Energy policy - Brazil; Energy policy - United States
• Altri autori: AmannEdmund BaerWerner <1931-> CoesDonald V. <1943->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Energy, Bio Fuels and Development Comparing Brazil and the United States; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1 Introduction; PART IMacroeconomic and distributional dimensions of energy; 2 Oil price shocks and the macro economy: the United States versus Brazil; 3 Energy and income distribution in Brazil's development process; 4 The earth is finite and other irrelevancies about the world's ultimate oil supply; 5 Energy restrictions to growth: the past, present and future of energy supply in Brazil ; 6 Oil prices and inflation in Brazil: exchange rate versus inflation targeting7 Brazilian energy independence: petroleum, trade and economic efficiency; 8 The role played by the BNDES in funding electricity investments in Brazil; PART IISocial, local and environmental impacts of changes in the energy market; 9 Climate change, energy use and long- run growth in Brazil; 10 Spatial interactions between energy and energy-intensive sectors in the Brazilian economy: a field of influence approach ; 11 Determinants of the income of workers in sugar cane plantations and in the sugar and ethanol industries in the North-Northeast and Center-South regions of Brazil12 A framework for examining the impact of bio fuels on the poor in Brazil; 13 Bio fuels, food, and trade: a comparison of bio fuel development efforts in two communities in Illinois; 14 Oligopolistic behavior of Brazilian gas stations; PART IIIThe impacts of bio and alternative fuels; 15 The journey to the next- generation of bioeconomy: the US perspective ; 16 Between sustainability and development: bioenergy, land use, food security and lifecycle analysis17 Bio energy efficiency and a flex-mill simulation in Mato Grosso; 18 The impacts of agriculture-based energy sources on land use in Brazil; 19 Fossil fuels, bio fuels, and food: ranking priorities; 20 The expansion of ethanol and land use in Brazil's Cerrado; 21 The viability of the biodiesel program as an instrument of social inclusion ; 22 The expansion of sugarcane cultivation and its impact on municipal revenues: an application of dynamic spatial panels to municipalities in the state of São Paulo, BrazilPART IVConclusions; 23 Conclusions; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection examines the important and topical issue of the economic, social and environmental implications of concerted attempts to diversify energy sources away from fossil fuels. The book expertly examines this issue by focussing on the contrasting experiences of two major economies; one developed, and the other a rapidly expanding, emerging market. Energy, Bio Fuels and Development evaluates the experience of Brazil, with elements of that of the US highlighted for the purpose of comparison. A key area of concern surrounds the causes and consequences of the con
• Titolo autorizzato: Energy, bio fuels and development
• ISBN: 1-136-84620-4; 1-283-10486-5; 9786613104861; 1-136-84622-0; 0-203-83385-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781376503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 87.