François Houtart

Agrofuels (eBook, PDF)

Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction
Übersetzer: Bawtree, Victoria

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Agrofuels were heralded as a key weapon in the fight against climate change, but the deforestation and theft of agricultural land that was essential to farmers in the developing world, suggests that they are doing more harm than good.

Francois Houtart argues that the green potential of agrofuels has been hijacked by businesses that put profits above environmental protection. This has led to the absurd situation where an energy source that should be sustainable actually increases human and ecological damage, simply due to the profit-maximising decisions of capitalists rather than a flaw in the concept of agrofuels.

Houtart reveals that we need to rethink neoliberalism's relationship to green politics and ask is capitalism compatible with climate change, or do we need to overhaul our economic system in order to save the planet?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849645607
• Artikelnr.: 38359351

Autorenporträt

François Houtart was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He is the author of Agrofuels: Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction (Pluto, 2010) amongst author books. He was chief editor of the journal Social Compass, and the editor of Alternatives Sud. He was the joint winner of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize 2009 for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence.