An Ethical Perspective on Biofuels Production

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Renewable fuels, conversion processes, biomass, ethical principles.

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Claudia Gutiérrez-Antonio
Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7557-2471

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Nowadays, society faces complex challenges in energy, environmental, and health matters, which, moreover, are interrelated. In this context, the sustainable development goals have been presented, one of them being related to affordable and non-polluting energy. Among the alternatives proposed to achieve this objective, the use and production of biofuels stands out because, as they are generated from the transformation of biomass, they can be available practically anywhere on the planet. At the moment, different conversion processes have been developed from different types of renewable raw materials, each of which has different yields and costs. However, the use and production of biofuels will add to sustainable development as long as it is analyzed from a multidisciplinary approach. Therefore, in this article an analysis of the ethical principles in the production of biofuels is carried out.

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An Ethical Perspective on Biofuels Production. (2022). Estancias, 2(4), 301-316. https://revistas.uaq.mx/index.php/estancias/article/view/1054
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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2022): Des/Encuentros entre derecho y bio/ética: el desafío de la salud en la persona humana y no humana
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Claudia Gutiérrez-Antonio, Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México.

Doctora en Ciencias en Ingeniería Química por el Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Guanajuato. Profesora investigadora en la Facultad de Ingeniería de la UAQ. Miembro del SNI (Nivel 2). Ha publicado más de 45 artículos internacionales indizados, 17 capítulos de libro, y un libro sobre producción de combustible renovable de aviación (Elsevier). Forma parte del Comité Editorial de Applied Soft Computing Journal, y colaboró en la temática de biocombustibles en las dos últimas ediciones del Plan Nacional de Desarrollo (México). Lidera el grupo de investigación Procesos Sustentables de Producción de Bioenergéticos, que forma parte de la Red Mexicana de Bioenergía, Red Temática de Bioenergía, y Red Iberoamericana de Tecnologías de Biomasa y Bioenergía Rural.

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An Ethical Perspective on Biofuels Production. (2022). Estancias, 2(4), 301-316. https://revistas.uaq.mx/index.php/estancias/article/view/1054

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