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Title Energy, bio fuels and development : comparing Brazil and the United States / edited by Edmund Amann, Werner Baer and Donald V. Coes
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 332 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge studies in development economics ; v. 87
Routledge studies in development economics ; v. 87.
Contents pt. 1. Macroeconomic and distributional dimensions of energy shocks -- pt. 2. Social, local and environmental impacts of changes in the energy market -- pt. 3. The impacts of bio and alternative fuels -- pt. 4. Conclusions
Summary This collection examines the important and topical issue of the economic, social and environmental implications of concerted attempts to diversify energy sources away from fossil fuels. The book expertly examines this issue by focussing on the contrasting experiences of two major economies; one developed, and the other a rapidly expanding, emerging market
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Energy development -- Brazil
Energy development -- United States
Clean energy industries -- Brazil
Clean energy industries -- United States
Energy policy -- Brazil
Energy policy -- United States
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Energy.
SCIENCE -- Energy.
Environment and ecology.
Clean energy industries
Energy development
Energy policy
Brazil
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Amann, Edmund
Baer, Werner, 1931-2016
Coes, Donald V., 1943-
LC no. 2010027713
ISBN 9780203833858
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