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A biomass future for the North American Great Plains :

1402056001

140205601X

6611107606

9781402056000

9781402056017

9786611107604

b757371

A biomass future for the North American Great Plains :

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toward sustainable land use and mitigation of greenhouse warming /

by Norman J. Rosenberg.

Dordrecht :

Springer,

2007.

1 online resource (xviii, 198 pages) :

color (some color), color maps

Advances in global change research,

v. 27

1574-0919 ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsPreface 1. Introduction.- 2. The Physical Environment.- 3. People and the Economy.- 4. Agriculture and Sustainability.- 5. The Wildcard of Climate Change.- 6. A Role for the Plains in Combating Climate Change.- 7. Outlook .- Section containing coloured figures.

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"Simulation models suggest that the agriculture and water resources of the Plains may be stressed even further as its climate changes because of global warming, which is due primarily to the emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel combustion. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region (and similar regions) would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops. Biomass production and processing on the Plains (possibly aided by genetic engineering) would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create new employment opportunities. Biomass also offers a means of reducing fossil fuel use, providing fuel to local power plants and a feedstock for production of cellulosic ethanol, a gasoline substitute. Interest in biofuels is growing rapidly in public, political and business circles with rising fossil fuel prices and because of a growing recognition of the need for energy independence in petroleum importing countries."--Jacket.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Springer

978-1-4020-5600-0

Biomass future for the North American Great Plains.

1402056001

Springer e-books

Biomass-- Great Plains.

Sustainable agriculture-- Great Plains.

Biomass.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Environmental Economics.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Green Business.

Environnement.

NATURE-- Natural Resources.

Sciences de la terre.

Sustainable agriculture.

Great Plains.

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BUS-- 094000

BUS-- 099000

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NAT-- 038000

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Rosenberg, Norman J.,1930-

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