Eaglin, Jennifer,

Sweet fuel : a political and environmental history of Brazilian ethanol / Jennifer Eaglin. - 1 online resource (x, 268 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Sweet Fuel' traces the Brazilian industry's growth from the 1930s to the 2000s. The book examines the political investment and associated environmental and social costs that transformed Brazilian ethanol into a unique solution to the energy crisis of the 1970s and later a global solution to the climate crisis of the twenty-first century.

Specialized.

9780197510711 No price


Ethanol fuel industry--Brazil.
Biomass energy--Brazil.
Environment and Ecology.
Economics.

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