THE BIOFUEL DELUSION: THE FALLACY OF LARGE-SCALE AGRO-BIOFUELS PRODUCTION

Book ID/图书代码： 04090709B31595

English Summary/英文概要： Faced with the twin threats of peak oil and climate change, many governments have turned for an answer to the apparent panacea of biofuels. Yet, increasingly, the progressive implementation of this solution demonstrates that the promise of biofuels as a replacement to fossil fuels is in fact a mirage that, if followed, risks leaving us short of power, short of food and doing as much damage to the climate as ever -- let alone the consequent impact on biodiversity due to additional loss of habitat for agricultural production and on rural development due to the additional stress on traditional farming systems. Worse still, these risks are being ignored.

In this definitive exposé, Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi present a theoretical framework and exhaustive evidence for the case against large scale biofuel production from agricultural crops. This book will be vital, sobering reading for anyone concerned with energy or agricultural policy, or bioenergy as a complex system.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 面对能源及环境的双重挑战，众多国家纷纷将注意力放到了生物燃料之上，更有甚者将其视为灵丹妙药。但越来越多的试验证明，将生物燃料作为矿物燃料替代品的想法，显然是大错特错的。这样的做法，将会给传统农耕系统增加压力，不利于农村地区的经济发展，与此同时，由于原栖息地所遭受的流失，生物燃料对于生态的多样性也会带来破坏，除此之外，我们还将由此面临能源及粮食短缺以及更为严重的气候问题。不幸的是，绝大多数的负面效应，至今都未得到足够的重视。
本书中，作者Mario Giampietro 和 Kozo Mayumi将阐述他们的理论框架，并借助详尽的试验依据，对大型生物能源一说予以驳斥。对于相关人士，本作起到了关键的警示作用。(WHL)

Awards/获奖情况：’Thanks to Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi for a cogent analysis of why large scale biofuels are one more false panacea put forward by the growth addicts.’---Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland, USA ("令人信服的分析研究，有力驳斥了大型生物能源开发上的误区，对于作者Mario Giampietro 和 Kozo Mayumi 所做的努力，我深表感谢。"---美国马里兰大学，Herman E. Daly (University of Maryland, USA))

’In our rush to "do something" about energy and climate, we are tinkering with complex systems that we do not fully understand. This leads to consequences that are unintended and undesirable. Giampietro and Mayumi show that using biofuels effectively requires calculating how that usage integrates into a society’s overall metabolism. Beyond biofuels, the book has a broad and enduring lesson: We will achieve better results if knowledge precedes policy.’---Joseph A. Tainter, author of The Collapse of Complex Societies

’Giampietro and Mayumi are world authorities on the use of energy in the economy. This book is the product of many years of scholarly work. It gives well-argued reasons against the misguided agrofuel policies of the European Union and the United States. Agrofuels have a low EROI, increase the HANPP (human appropriation of biomass) to the detriment of other species, and increase the water footprint of our economies.’---Joan Martinez-Alier, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Past-President, International Society for Ecological Economics

About the Author/作者介绍： Mario Giampietro is an ICREAn Research Professor at the Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Spain.
Kozo Mayumi is a Professor at the University of Tokushima, Japan.

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