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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Editors and Contributors -- Biofuels: Potential Alternatives to Fossil Fuels -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Unsustainable Energy -- 1.2 Renewable Energy Sources -- 2 Promise of Biofuels for Replacing Fossil Fuels -- 3 Biofuels as an Alternative to Fossil Fuels -- 4 Energy Generation from Microalgal Biofuels -- 4.1 Microalgal Biofuels for Internal Combustion Engine -- 4.2 Electricity Production from Microalgal Biomass -- 5 Sustainability Analysis -- 6 Potential Economic Benefits of Biofuel Production -- 7 Potential Economic Disbenefits and Impacts of Biofuel Production -- 8 Carbon Capture and Storage Potential of Biofuels -- 8.1 Environmental Footprint -- 8.2 Carbon Footprint of Biofuels -- 9 Techno-Economic Analysis of Fossil Fuels-Biofuels Transition -- 10 Fossil Fuel-Biofuel Transition for Climate Change Mitigation -- 11 Performance and Emission Characteristics -- 12 Conclusions -- References -- Biofuel Economy, Development, and Food Security -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Current Scenario of Biofuel Economy in Asia -- 3 The Competing Global Demands for Food and Biofuel as the Population Builds up -- 4 Strategies to Manage the Pressure to Address Food Security and Biofuel Sufficiency -- 5 Understanding the Biofuel Landscape Supporting Food Security and Biofuel Sufficiency -- 6 Agriculture 4.0: Its Implications to Food Security and Biofuel Sufficiency -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Biofuels in Low Carbon Economies and Societies -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Depletion of Fossil Resources and Global Warming -- 1.2 The Circular Economy Solution -- 1.3 Energy Consumption -- 1.4 Biofuels Role in the Transformation -- 2 Biofuels -- 2.1 Bioethanol -- 2.2 Biodiesel and Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils -- 2.3 Biomethane -- 2.4 Biobutanol -- 3 Case Study.

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