Publication detail

Towards Higher Moral and Economic Goals in Renewable Energy

ŠKAPA, S. VOCHOZKA, M.

Original Title

Towards Higher Moral and Economic Goals in Renewable Energy

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The European Union’s (EU) funding of electricity made of biogas that is obtained from purpose-grown plants accelerated the global boom of renewable energy two decades ago. Tens of thousands of biogas plants were built in EU farms soon after. As this specific trend toward renewable energy globally spreads, it has the potential to alter the features of agriculture in the future. Such conceptual changes are related to a variety of socio-economic and environmental implications that manifest itself over a large time scale. Regarding renewables made of purpose-grown plants, a majority of reservations are related to its production economy, particularly since these biofuels are expected to compete with food or feed. So far, little attention has been paid to the fact that the fields of farms that run biogas stations are subject to shortly repeated erosive crops followed by the intensive application of the fermentation residues obtained. The various types of soil on different European farms, which have been operating biogas stations for at least two decades, were analyzed. It was revealed for the first time that such practices cause soil degradation and pose a threat to food production, which has been overlooked until now. The relations between ethical and economical points of view are discussed

Keywords

Bioeconomy; Food economy; Renewables; Soil; Sustainability; Techno–economic assessment

Authors

ŠKAPA, S.; VOCHOZKA, M.

Released

1. 10. 2019

Publisher

Springer Nature

Location

Netherlands

ISBN

1353-3452

Periodical

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS

Year of study

2019

Number

5

State

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Pages from

1

Pages to

10

Pages count

10

URL

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-019-00109-z#citeas

BibTex

@article{BUT159060,
  author="Stanislav {Škapa} and Marek {Vochozka}",
  title="Towards Higher Moral and Economic Goals in Renewable Energy",
  journal="SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS",
  year="2019",
  volume="2019",
  number="5",
  pages="1--10",
  doi="10.1007/s11948-019-00109-z",
  issn="1353-3452",
  url="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-019-00109-z#citeas"
}