SPRINGER PLANTS AND BIOENERGY 2014 RETAIL EBOOK-kE

TITLE: PLANTS AND BIOENERGY

PUBLISHER: SPRINGER LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LINK: http://is.gd/TJjktn RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL

FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2014.03.24

ISBN: 9781461493297 STORE DATE: 2014

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AUTHOR: MCCANN, MAUREEN, BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS

CARPITA, NICK (EDS.)



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A country's vision for developing renewable and sustainable

energy resources is typically propelled by three important

drivers - security, cost, and environmental impact. The U.S

currently accounts for a quarter of the world's total oil

consumption, with domestic demands necessitating - at an ever

growing cost - a net import of more than 50% of the oil used in

this country. At the same time, Brazil, because of its forward

thinking on energy strategy, is today energy independent. As

emerging economies around the world increase their petroleum use

by large margins and as large fractions of that new consumption

are necessarily supplied from unstable parts of the world, the

inevitable repercussions on petroleum-driven economies will

continue to escalate. In addition, there is an unequivocal

imperative to take immediate and aggressive measures to reduce

net greenhouse gas emissions by decreasing fossil fuel

consumption and increasing our use of carbon-neutral or

carbon-negative fuels as well as improving efficiency of fuel

use. Economic growth and development worldwide depend

increasingly on secure supplies of reliable, affordable, clean

energy. Together with its counterpart societies, was convened the

First Pan-American Congress on Plants and BioEnergy, which was

held in June, 2008, in Merida, Mexico. Sponsored by the American

Society of Plant Biologists, this congress was designed to

initiate Pan-American research collaborations in energy

biosciences. At that congress, the organizational committee

committed themselves to continue the meeting biennially

resulting in the 2nd Pan-American Congress on Plants and

BioEnergy to be held with the endorsement of ASPB, July 6-10

2010, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Whereas the 1st congress covered a

broad range of topics that bioenergy impacted, the second

congress will focus more on the advances in plant biology: the

genetic improvement of energy crop plants, their fit into

regional environments, and the development of a sustainable

energy agriculture