A new paradigm on trade-off biodiesel food: the perenial oleaginous palm tree.
2008
LIMA, M. M. | PEDROSO, E. A. | JUNQUEIRA, N. T. V. | MARCELO MENCARINI LIMA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL; EUGÊNIO ÁVILA PEDROSO, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL; NILTON TADEU VILELA JUNQUEIRA, CPAC.
There is a continuously increasing interest concerning the bio-fuel implementation in the world, mainly because of environmental protection and energy supply security reasons. Future shortage in petroleum supply and surging prices for petroleum-based fuels, coupled with the increasing awareness of green house gas emissions increase the shift towards the alternative fuels sector. Therefore, specially related with developing countries it is necessary find opportunities to produce their own domestic transportation, cut their energy costs, create new jobs in their rural economies and ultimately build their export markets. The main question to the papper: is it possible to compete in biofuel market with non-food perennial oleaginous, from developing countries?
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