Biofuels as a New Energy Paradigm: the Key Points of Debate after a Decade

Biofuels are promoted worldwide as an alternative to partially replace fossil fuels. After more than a decade of implementation, important questions have been raised concerning: i) the impacts generated by the change of use and land coverage; ii) the impacts on prices and food production, iii) the i...

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Autores principales: Andrés Etter, Carmenza Castiblanco
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2013
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=11726378005
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-021&d=11726378005oai
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topic Estudios Agrarios
Land use change
food
ecosystem services
Biomass energy
agriculture and energy
agricultural wastes as fuel
environment
social development
spellingShingle Estudios Agrarios
Land use change
food
ecosystem services
Biomass energy
agriculture and energy
agricultural wastes as fuel
environment
social development
Andrés Etter
Carmenza Castiblanco
Biofuels as a New Energy Paradigm: the Key Points of Debate after a Decade
topic_facet Estudios Agrarios
Land use change
food
ecosystem services
Biomass energy
agriculture and energy
agricultural wastes as fuel
environment
social development
description Biofuels are promoted worldwide as an alternative to partially replace fossil fuels. After more than a decade of implementation, important questions have been raised concerning: i) the impacts generated by the change of use and land coverage; ii) the impacts on prices and food production, iii) the impacts on water and the related ecosystem services, and iv) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by the changes of land use. This article discusses these issues in the current situation of biofuels with emphasis in the tropical countries. Available studies show that despite their small contribution to the world energy matrix, the large-scale expansion of biofuels can generate negative impacts such as increase in the competition for water and land, especially in the vulnerable ecosystem and social structures in tropical countries.
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Artículo científico
author Andrés Etter
Carmenza Castiblanco
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Carmenza Castiblanco
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title Biofuels as a New Energy Paradigm: the Key Points of Debate after a Decade
title_short Biofuels as a New Energy Paradigm: the Key Points of Debate after a Decade
title_full Biofuels as a New Energy Paradigm: the Key Points of Debate after a Decade
title_fullStr Biofuels as a New Energy Paradigm: the Key Points of Debate after a Decade
title_full_unstemmed Biofuels as a New Energy Paradigm: the Key Points of Debate after a Decade
title_sort biofuels as a new energy paradigm: the key points of debate after a decade
publisher Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
publishDate 2013
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=11726378005
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