ANT100Y1 Study Guide - Political Ecology, Biofuel, Global Sourcing
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Ethanol assemblage: includes states, corporations, growers, technologies, urban consumers and rural communities and landscapes. Attention to sugarcane ethanol* sugarcane is the new oil">sugar as an ethanol source marks a return of the commodity"s once mighty stature in world trade sugar was oil from 17th-19th century because single most traded commodity. Southeast asia, latin america, or the us would increase global warming pollution for decades, if not centuries>corn-based ethanol nearly doubles greenhouse emissions over 30 years, as compared to gasoline. *conceptualizing the multi scalar geographies of sugar ethanol. Political ecology, global cities, and assemblages, are mutually reinforcing, each bringing critical conceptual elements that might otherwise be missing from the analytical mix. Vice president of an ethanol equipment manufacturer explained, we want ethanol to become a global commodity, and for that to happen, brazil can"t be the only producer". Us-brazil ethanol agreement brought mounting concern regarding environmental and social costs at the hemispheric scale.
