Biofuels, solar and wind as renewable energy systems : benefits and risks

By D. Pimentel. 2008

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Subfields: Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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In Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

1. Veera Gnaneswar Gude
2. D. Pimentel

Citations in the corpus

• Energy inputs in food crop production in developing and developed nations. (2009, background): “However, because of biofuel production, especially corn ethanol, food shortages and food prices have recently increased from 10% to 50% [4].”
• Food Versus Biofuels: Environmental and Economic Costs (2009, background): “…r Input 3,260 kcal per kilogram s Cost $0.93 per kilogram t Brees (2004) u Input 281 kcal per kilogram v Pimentel and Pimentel (2008) w Pimentel and Pimentel (2008) x USDA (1997a) y USDA (1997b) z Batty and Keller (1980) aa Irrigation for 100 cm of water per hectare costs $1,000 (Larsen et al.…”
• Microwave energy potential for biodiesel production (2013, background): “The return energy production rate from the photovoltaic modules is slow over 20-25 years [5].”