Agriculture's Energy : The Trouble with Ethanol in Brazil's Green Revolution /

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"Thomas D. Rogers's history of a modernizing Brazil tracks what happened when a key government program - created in the 1970s by the nation's military regime - aspired to harness energy produced by sugarcane agriculture to power the country's economy. The National Alcohol Program...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rogers, Thomas D., 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Programa Nacional do Alcool (Brazil)
Programa Nacional do Alcool (Brazil) > History > 20th century.
Sugarcane industry.
Ethanol fuel industry.
Agriculture and state.
Agriculture and energy > Environmental aspects > Brazil.
Agriculture and energy > Social aspects > Brazil.
Sugarcane industry > Brazil > History > 20th century.
Agriculture and state > Brazil > History > 20th century.
Ethanol fuel industry > Brazil > History > 20th century.
Brazil.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Thomas D. Rogers's history of a modernizing Brazil tracks what happened when a key government program - created in the 1970s by the nation's military regime - aspired to harness energy produced by sugarcane agriculture to power the country's economy. The National Alcohol Program, known as Proálcool, was a deliberate economic strategy designed to incentivize ethanol production and reduce gasoline consumption. As Brazil's capacity grew and as international oil shocks continued, the regime's planners doubled down on Proálcool. Drawing financing from international lenders and curiosity from other oil-dependent countries, for a time it was the world's largest oil-substitution and renewable-energy program"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (306 pages): illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;
ISBN:9781469670478

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