Agriculture as a producer and consumer of energy
By: edited by Joe L. Outlaw, Keith J. Collins, James A. Duffield.
Contributors: Outlaw, Joe L.; Collins, Keith J.; Duffield, James A.
Publisher: CABI Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK; Cambridge, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Alcohol fuel industry -- United States -- Congresses.; Agriculture and energy -- United States -- Congresses.; Agricultural wastes -- Recycling -- United States -- Congresses.; Renewable energy sources -- United States -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Recent concerns about energy security in the US have drawn greater attention to agriculture's role as a producer and consumer of energy. Agriculturally-derived energy sources such as ethanol, biodiesel, biomass, and windpower presently supply between 0.3% and 0.50% of the energy consumed in the US. Organized into two parts, the first section of this book examines agriculture's role as a producer and consumer of energy, the integration of biomass energy into the US energy systems, a policy overview, and outlooks for energy production and consumption. The second section is a compendium of current research including the economic viability of ethanol and biodiesel; energy conservation and efficiency in agriculture; new methods and technologies, and environmental impacts and considerations.
Notes: Based on papers from a conference held June 24-25, 2004 in Arlington, Va.

Includes bibliographical references and index.