Overview on Biofuels from a European Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Ponti, Luigi; Gutierrez, Andrew Paul
Titel	Overview on Biofuels from a European Perspective
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 29 (2009) 6, S.493-504 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-4676
DOI	10.1177/0270467609349048
Schlagwörter	Land Use; Foreign Countries; Climate; Agriculture; Ethics; Policy Analysis; Science and Society; Fuels; Sustainable Development; Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Economic Development; Conservation (Environment); Ecological Factors; Environmental Influences; Food; Agricultural Production; Biotechnology; International Trade; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bodennutzung; Ausland; Klima; Landwirtschaft; Ethik; Politikfeldanalyse; Treibstoff; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Ökologischer Ansatz; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Lebensmittel; Agriculture; Production; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Biotechnologie; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Afrika
Abstract	In light of the recently developed European Union (EU) Biofuels Strategy, the literature is reviewed to examine (a) the coherency of biofuel production with the EU nonindustrial vision of agriculture, and (b) given its insufficient land base, the implications of a proposed bioenergy pact to grow biofuel crops in the developing world to meet EU biofuel demands. The EU acknowledged that the use of food crops for biofuel production was based on wrong assumptions concerning climate change mitigation, and its support has now shifted to second-generation nonfood crops. The bioenergy pact entails (a) biofuel crops production in developing countries, especially Africa, that in the absence of environmental and social regulations may lead to ethical trade-offs in land use (food vs. fuel) and (b) the use of transgenic technology that conflicts with the EU's own vision of sustainable agriculture. (Contains 1 figure, 3 tables, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10