United Nations sustainability development goals approached from the side of the biological production of fuels

• Published in: Microbial biotechnology Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 1871 - 1877
• Main Authors: García‐Franco, Ana, Godoy, Patricia, Torre, Jesús, Duque, Estrella, Ramos, Juan L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bedford John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-09-2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Agricultural wastes; Aircraft; Alternative energy sources; Biodiesel fuels; Biofuels; Biological materials; Carbon; Cereals; Clean energy; Clean technology; Climate change; Crop residues; Emissions; Emissions control; Energy; Energy crops; Environmental restoration; Ethanol; Food; Food supply; Fossil fuels; Fuels; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Industrial development; Industrial plant emissions; Municipal solid waste; Municipal waste management; Pandemics; Poverty; Renewable energy; Renewable resources; Rural areas; Solid waste management; Solid wastes; Sugarcane; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Technology; United States > US
• ISSN: 1751-7915; 1751-7915
• DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13912

Biofuels are produced from biological materials, most often oils, cereal grains, sugarcane or biomass derived from plants or wastes, and they represent an alternative to fossil fuels that offers a number of social, economic, environmental and technical benefits (Koçar and Civaş, 2013; Voegele, 2013; Ramos et al., 2016; Valdivia et al., 2016; Ramos and Duque, 2019). Clean energy); (ii) support of rural areas through technology development and new jobs based on technology (SDG 2, 8 and 9), (iii) mitigation of global GHG emission and reduction of particulate materials that are toxic for humans, animals and plants (SDG 7). [...]biofuels can contribute towards the responsible use of energies and the replacement of a fraction of fossil fuels by one of the available green renewable sources (https:www.eca.europa.eu). ( 2006) for ‘a biofuel to be a viable fossil-fuel alternative should be considered; namely, a viable biofuel must provide a net energy gain, have environmental benefits, be economically competitive and be produced in large amounts without reducing food supplies’ (Hill et al., 2006). [...]for a specific biofuel, the total carbon sequestered by plants must compensate for all the emissions linked to its production and manufacturing (Hill et al., 2006). Together they can help to reduce poverty (SDG 1); reduce fossil oil dependency for energy and because combustion of biofuels is cleaner than fossil fuels lead to a reduction in net toxic emission is achieved (SDG 7); through the use of agricultural residues and municipal solid wastes support a circular economy (SDG 2 and 3); facilitate land restoration and promote the use of land and marginal lands to grow energy crops, which leads to the creation of high-qualify and stable rural jobs (SDG 8 and 13); they can also promote industrial development and specialized job creation (SDG 9).