Biofuels & the Globalisation of Risk

Biofuels and the Globalization of Risk offers the reader a fresh analysis of the politics and policies behind the biofuel story, examining the technological optimism. Starting with a brief history of bioenergy policy, this book explores the evolution of biofuels as a policy narrative, as a development ideal and as a socio-technical system through a series of interlinked case studies.

Foreword Introduction: Perfect Storms 1.Science 2. Systems 3. Synergies 4. Scale 5. Sustainability? 6. Globalising Risk